Preventing A Billion Deaths: World No-tobacco Day, May 31.
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that a billion deaths can be prevented in this century, if governments act now to reduce tobacco use.
In...
2011 Influenza Season Has Started
25 May 2011
Media Advisory
The annual influenza season has started with cases being reported since the first week in May and a sharp rise in...
New Rapid-fire Diagnosis Of TB
The Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, and NHLS
CEO, Sagie Pillay, talking to staff at Prince Mshiyeni lab
On World TB Day on 24 March, Minister...
Courier Vehicle Hijacked With Potentially Infectious Poliovirus
04 May 2011
A courier vehicle was hijacked on May 3 between Oliver Tambo International airport and premises of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases...
Lab Technology To The People
Following extended negotiations between the Western Cape Department of Health, University of Stellenbosch, National Health Laboratory Service and the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering,...
World Health And Safety Day – 28 April 2011
In South Africa the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, requires the employer to bring about and maintain, as far as reasonably practicable, a...
World Malaria Day: 25 April 2011
Achieving Progress and Impact
This year's World Malaria Day theme "Achieving Progress and Impact" highlights recent successes in efforts to and causes global partners to...
New Initiative For NIOH: Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs)
Nanosized particles (≤100nm in size) of gold are materials of great value with huge potential in biomedical, industrial and environmental applications. The biological applications...
Prof Shabir Madhi is the new NICD Executive Director
Professor Shabir Madhi has been appointed Executive Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) as of 1 April 2011. Prof Madhi held the position...
WHO: 2m Will Get Drug-resistant TB by 2015
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says over two-million
people will contract a form of tuberculosis (TB) that is resistant
to treatment with many drugs between 2011...