Mashatile calls for an integrated health system in the fight against HIV/AIDS [SOUND]

# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says there is a need to break down barriers and maximise equitable and equal access to services through resilient and integrated health systems. He opened the 12th SA AIDS Conference in Gauteng yesterday, in his capacity as chairperson of the South African National AIDS Council. About eight-million people are living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Mashatile says it is important to empower communities and redefine priorities for HIV/AIDS: