Minister of Health Barbara Hogan of South Africa
Hogan joined the African National Congress in 1976 after the Soweto Uprising, many years after the organization had been declared illegal and had moved its activities underground.
Hogan was detained in 1982 for ‘furthering the aims of a banned organization’ and after being interrogated, ill-treated and held in solitary confinement for one year, she became the first woman in South Africa found guilty of high treason and was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Hogan was selected on the basis of her financial managerial skills, which are urgently needed in the rundown Department of Health, according to her recent interview by News24.
Although Hogan says that she is not a medical professional, she has a very capable deputy, Dr Molefi Sefularo, who is a medical doctor and has been very engaged in the healthcare sector.
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Africa should put more effort and resources into the fight against HIV/Aids, Health Minister Barbara Hogan said on Monday.
Although she dodged questions from reporters about the particulars of Tshabalala-Msimang's controversial legacy on HIV and AIDS, Hogan said she planned to avoid getting involved in "conflictual issues that aren't necessary.
Barbara Hogan is a South Africa politician, currently serving as the Minister of Health in the government of Kgalema Motlanthe.
Hogan was selected based on her financial managerial skills which is needed in this run down department, according to her recent interview by News24.
Health Minister Barbara Hogan has reached an out-of-court settlement with the National Convention on Dispensing (NCD) by agreeing.
NEW health minister Barbara Hogan has been languishing for far too long on the back benches of parliament.
I was delighted to hear that yesterday Barbara Hogan was appointed as our new Minster of Health while Manto has been seemingly sidelined to the Minister of the Presidency (Im not really sure what this entails but hopefully it is far enough away to not cause any trouble.
Barbara Hogan joined the African National Congress shortly after the 1976 Uprisings, once the organisation had been declared illegal and had moved its activities underground.
Hogan was detained in 1982 for ‘furthering the aims of a banned organisation’ and after being interrogated, ill-treated and held in solitary confinement for one year, she was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to ten years in gaol.
Hogan was released in 1990 with the unbanning of outlawed organisations and together with other political prisoners, most notably Nelson Mandela.
Unlike Ms Tshabalala-Msimang, Ms Hogan was frank about the cost of the epidemic, which kills nearly 1000 South Africans a day and infects about the same number.
Hogan has set a bold and exciting vision, and that is why the UK is fully committed to working with her, said Lewis, who is in South Africa for World Aids Day, as a demonstration of solidarity with Hogan in the struggle against HIV/Aids.
Hogan was known as the most publically vocal ANC member to criticise the governments HIV/Aids policies, and her appointment represented a clear break from such policies.
Hogan has sworn to turn the health services in South Africa around by placing her focus on the challenges of HIV, Aids and TB.
This is what Hogan has already managed to do in the fight against HIV/Aids, to lead and to unite.
Barbara Hogan is appointed as the new Minister.
Barbara Hogan is appointed as the new Minister of Health in the Cabinet of President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Minister Hogan is expected to speak on the health challenges and concerns facing today’s South Africa, including HIV/AIDS, TB and pressing global issues of health and human rights.
Hogan was among the many South Africans to be incarcerated for their resistance to the apartheid system and for being a member of a banned organization, the African National Congress.
In 1994 Minister Hogan was appointed Member of Parliament, serving in various parliamentary committees until her appointment recently as Health Minister.
We are confident that Hogan has the ability to improve the South African health system.
Hogan has a long record of struggle for human rights.
Barbara Hogan is Manager, Administrative Services in the Foundation's Administration Department.
Hogan received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Loyola University, Chicago.
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The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has held a celebration as Barbara Hogan replaced the controversial Mbeki confidant and Aids denialist minister Tshabalala-Msimang.
Barbara Hogan is a South African native who spent years in prison for fighting apartheid.
Hogan was released in 1990 when the ban on the ANC was lifted.
Hogan is a member of the advisory board of the Amandla AIDS Fund (AAF), which was established by the nonprofit organization Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) in 2003.
Health Minister Barbara Hogan has planned a meeting with Cabinet ministers to find ways to manage the cholera epidemic in Musina.
Health Minister Barbara Hogan is leading a team of health experts to assess the cholera outbreak in Limpopo.
Health Minister Barbara Hogan has promised to step up Aids drugs programmes, citing the example of a boy who died while on a waiting list for medicine.
Health Minister Barbara Hogan says the quality of healthcare received in the private sector is needed in the public sector as well.
In late September Barbara Hogan was appointed as South Africas new health minister by interim President Kgalema Motlanthe, ousting her controversial predecessor Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
Barbara Hogan has a mountain to climb to reverse the almost terminal damage to health care on Manto’s watch.
Ms Hogan was appointed health minister in September to help shake up a health service in crisis.
Barbara Hogan has set a bold and exciting vision on HIV and Aids and that is why the UK is fully committed to working with her as she embarks on this new approach.
Member of Parliament Barbara Hogan has been appointed South Africa's new health minister by the country's interim President Kgalema Motlanthe, the AP/Google.
I think the biggest challenge is HIV/AIDS and all the strains that it places on the health system," Hogan said (Nolen, Globe and Mail, 9/29.
According to the New York Times, Hogan is a "welcome choice by groups that campaign for the distribution of antiretroviral medications" (Bearak, New York Times, 9/26.
Hogan said that she was "deeply touched" by the reaction from HIV/AIDS advocates to her appointment (BBC News, 9/26.
Minister Barbara Anne Hogan has had a long and distinguished career in politics.
In an interview with News24 after her appointment, Ms Hogan praised her deputy, Dr Molefi (Paul) Sefularo for his support of the ARV roll-out and implementation of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) during his tenure as MEC for Health of North West Province.
South African Minister of Health Barbara Hogan is sworn into office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
Hogan is a South African native with a record for being hard-headed, independent, and for standing up for her convictions.