With just a few months to do the job before the next general election, the new Minister of Health, Barbara Hogan, has her job cut out for her '€“ and she is quick to admit that it'€™s a tough job ahead '€“ one fraught with problems.
Health-e was the first news agency to be offered a one-on-one interview with Health Minister Barbara Hogan. She spoke about her priorities.
More than 330,000 lives were lost to HIV/AIDS in South Africa between 2000 and 2005 because a feasible and timely antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program was not implemented, according to researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health.
A Cape Town fertility clinic has opened one of the only dedicated laboratories for HIV positive patients in the world where couples can safely conceive and give birth to an HIV-negative baby.
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