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Motsoaledi Appoints Ministerial Advisory Committee On The Prevention And Control Of Cancer In South...

SA: Statement by the Department of Health, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi appoints Ministerial Advisory Committee on the prevention and control of cancer in South Africa...

Polio Eradication Is Achievable And Urgent, Declare 400+ Global Scientists

11 April 2013 Experts from 80 countries cite time-limited opportunity, endorse comprehensive new eradication strategy   Prof Shabir Madhi, Executive Director of National Institute of Communicable Diseases...

Cholera Disproved As Cause Of Illness In Free State Province Patient.

18 February 2013   The National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg has completed laboratory testing on specimens from a Free State Province man admitted to...

Battling Cancer With Biotechnology – Cuba Takes The Lead

Each year on 4 February, WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) supports Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to promote ways...

Prof Barry Schoub Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Barry Schoub received the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognises an exceptional individual whose contributions to laboratory science...

United States Government Announces $11 Million In Additional Support For Rapid TB Test In...

On December 4, 2012, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced an additional $11 million to provide up to 150...

African Society For Laboratory Medicine Holds First International Conference In Cape Town

Approximately 1,500 laboratory professionals, clinicians, programme managers, epidemiologists, researchers, students, and policy makers from around the world convened in Cape Town, South Africa from December...

Roche And PEPFAR To Strengthen Laboratory Medicine Training And Knowledge In Africa

On 3 December 2012, Roche Diagnostics and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a public-private partnership to improve the capacity...

PRESS RELEASE   WORLD AIDS DAY – THE NHLS WAY   27 November 2012 - As the world commemorates World Aids Day on the 1st of December, The...