The Impact of the Presidential Alternative Treatment Program on People Living with HIV and the Gambian HIV Response.

Sarah L Bosha, Michelle Adeniyi, Jenna Ivan, Roya Ghiaseddin, Fabakary Minteh, Lamin F Barrow, Rex Kuye

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Sarah L BoshaAssistant teaching professor of global health and human rights at the Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, and a legal and research associate at AIDS-Free World, USA.

Michelle AdeniyiGraduate of the Masters in Global Health program at the Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, USA.

Jenna IvanGraduate of the Masters in Global Health program at the Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, USA.

Roya GhiaseddinProfessor at the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and the Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, USA.

Fabakary MintehGraduate assistant in the Department of Public and Environmental Health, School of Medicine and Allied�Health Sciences, University of The Gambia.

Lamin F BarrowGraduate assistant in the Department of Public and Environmental Health, School of Medicine and Allied�Health Sciences, University of The Gambia.

Rex KuyeAssociate professor and head of the Department of Public and Environmental Health, School of Medicine and Allied�Health Sciences, University of The Gambia.

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In January 2007, former president of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh created the Presidential Alternative Treatment Program (PATP), which introduced a fraudulent "HIV cure." PATP and the fraudulent HIV herbal cure (PATP cure) were widely advertised in state media through patient testimonials and specially produced broadcasts of Jammeh administering treatment, enticing people living with HIV to join the program. Jammeh faced little to no opposition from within The Gambia. Due to the great power and influence he wielded, PATP was nothing short of a health dictatorship. This paper argues that PATP and the PATP cure violated the human rights of people living with HIV in The Gambia and compromised HIV health service delivery. In addition, during PATP's 10-year operation, the global health community was derelict in its duty to stop Jammeh's promotion and use of the PATP cure and to protect people living with HIV.

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