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South African Press Association - October 13, 2008
Health Minister Barbara Hogan said government policies over the past ten years had failed. Her speech on Monday marked a radical break in policy from her predecessor, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
Hogan told an international Aids vaccine conference that countries like South Africa -- where life expectancy has fallen to 52 -- desperately need scientists to come up with a weapon against HIV.
Hogan said that more than half of all public hospital admissions are Aids-related and more than one quarter of the national health budget goes to fighting the disease.
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