The quality of healthcare received in the private sector is needed in the public sector as well, Health Minister Barbara Hogan said on Tuesday.

"I also wish to acknowledge those working in the public sector... we hear you, and the conditions you are working under," she said at the Zuzimpilo Medical Centre for HIV/Aids and related diseases in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

A new facility was opened in the centre, which is funded by the US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.

"Zuzimpilo is an extraordinary initiative. We require full force from all frontiers."