ANC slams US promotion of Aids drug

South African president Thabo Mbeki’s ruling party, the African National Congress, has published a stinging attack on top US health officials, accusing them of treating Africans like “guinea pigs” and lying to promote a key Aids drug.

The criticism reinforces fears of doctors and activists that new questions about the testing of nevirapine could halt use of the drug credited with protecting thousands of African babies from catching HIV from their mothers.