Madagascar has not quit the World Health Organisation, neither has it asked other African countries to follow suit.
The President of the island nation off the African continent, Andry Rajoelina is quoted to have announced the withdrawal of his country’s membership of the WHO in an interview with France 24/RFI, citing “the bad faith of Europe towards Africa.”
One of the articles citing the interview linked the WHO membership withdrawal to the controversy over Madagascar’s claim to have developed a herbal tonic, Covid-Organics which is said to cure Covid-19.
In a private emailed response to a tweet in which President Rajoelina was tagged, an official who would not want to be named described the story as “FAKE NEWS”.
The President of Madagascar in that interview with France 24 last Monday, batted away criticisms of the homegrown remedy and the WHO’s caution against people using untested remedies for coronavirus but did not say his country would quit the WHO as a result.
“If it wasn’t Madagascar, and if it was a European country that had actually discovered this remedy, would there be so much doubt? I don’t think so,” he said in the France 24 interview.
Pressed for proof, the potion works, he said the tonic had healed the sick in his country adding that “no country or organisation will keep us from going forward.”
