WHO denies knowledge of Al-Zindani’s HIV/AIDS cure [Archives:2008/1146/Local News]

SANA'A, April 13 ) The World Health Organization (WHO) denied that it received any official letter regarding Abdul Majeed Al-Zandani's claim that he discovered a cure for HIV and AIDS, either from the Yemeni government or from the Ministry of Health and Population.

“The organization follows particular and scientific specifications in determining the efficiency of authorized medicines,” said Rasheed Rajab, WHO administrative officer, claiming that there is no prove of the existence of any medication that can terminate the HIV virus.

Abdul Majeed al-Zandani, chairman of Al-Iman University, announced on Friday at a press conference during the first international medical conference in Yemen that nine out of ten sampled people have been proved to be free of the virus after they received his medicine. He noted that the samples were taken by the Ministry of Health and Population and given to the WHO, which then transferred the samples to the American Laboratory of the Marines in Cairo to prove whether they are HIV-free or not.

In December 2006, Al-Zindani stated to the media that he carried out tests on an herbal formula that cured HIV patients, but he refused to expose the formula, claiming that international companies would steal it.

“I've been doing my own research to find a cure for this disease for twenty years now with a group of scientists and scholars known as the “Miracle Team