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Van der Maas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Her family is originally of Dutch origin before immigrating to South Africa. She started treating people with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 1989. She is best known for her natural treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and related diseases with a lemon mixture, garlic and beetroot.
She was the caretaker of Nozipho Bhengu, who died in 2006 from an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-related illness after being persuaded to stop taking her medication.
Bhengu posthumously became a center of awareness on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. She works with her mother Nelly van der Maas, who appears with her in the documentary, Power to the People. The documentary was filmed in Kwazulu-Natal during 2005, believed to have the highest Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection rate in South Africa at the time.
The core ingredients of her Wellness Program is the lemon and olive oil mixture among others Former South African president Thabo Mbeki questioned the link between Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. In his speech to the 13th International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Conference in Durban (2000), he stated, "The world"s biggest killer and the greatest cause of ill health and suffering across the globe, including South Africa, is extreme poverty." This occurred at the same time Tine van der Maas came to public attention working with then Minister of Health, Doctor Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
