A post published on March 4, 2023, by the Facebook page “Toutes Les Infections” claims that Viralus-Fort cures HIV/AIDS and other viral infections. Specialists have confirmed to AFC that there is no scientific evidence to support this claim.
The information states: “VIRALUS-FORT CURES ALL VIRAL INFECTIONS.” This claim is unsupported and lacks scientific foundation.
Verification:
Dr. Ouambita-Mabo Roch, Public Health Advisor at the National AIDS Control Committee (CNLS), states:
“I inform you that there is no medication that definitively cures HIV/AIDS; these are false claims.”
Dr. Amity Tatiana, head of the Boy-Arab Health Center, also refutes:
“You are informing me about this molecule. We have ARVs at our health center; no such medication exists among these treatments, so this drug does not exist.”
According to Abel Gueret-Mayanga, President of the Central African Association of Green Fingers (ACADVS) who are victims of HIV:
“This is purely false. On social media, there are scammers trying to deceive patients living with HIV/AIDS. I have been living with HIV for over 12 years.”
False publications widely shared on social media have given patients with HIV/AIDS false hope of abandoning their ARV (antiretroviral) treatment. It is important to note that, to date, the WHO has not approved any specific treatment that definitively cures this disease.
By Princia Yalla / Marie-Paule Vopiade / AFC
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