 However, he changed his stance on ARVs following the government's decision of a mass rollout programme.Motlanthe has expressed his desire to address AIDS in South Africa using conventional scientific approaches.He appointed Barbara Hogan to replace Mbeki's health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who had denounced anti-retroviral drugs as poisons and advised the use of olive oil, garlic, and beetroot by HIV-positive persons.