Johannesburg, 2 October 2008 - South Africa's new health minister, Barbara Hogan, has listed the twin epidemics of HIV and TB as among the most serious health challenges facing the country. Addressing journalists on Thursday, 2 October, she promised to involve "all sections of our society" in the government's HIV/AIDS response. "I don't want our Ministry to become a bubble that's impervious to the outside world," she said.

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