Malaria Alert: Returning Travelers From Malaria Transmission Area
12 January 2011
It is currently the malaria season in Southern Africa and many travelers will have been exposed during their recent holidays. Each year,...
Laboratory Medicine 2011 Congress
September 1, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg,
The Laboratory Medicine Congress 2011 (LMC 2011) ushers in a new era of cutting edge multi-faceted medical laboratory science...
Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 Update
01 September 2009
As at Monday the 31st August 2009, there have been 5 841 laboratory confirmed cases and 27 deaths with laboratory confirmation by the...
New Human Cases Of Rift Valley Fever Confirmed
NICD Special Communique-January 2011
Three new laboratory-confirmed human cases of Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus infection have been identified. All three cases are farmers/farm workers...
Developing New Strategies To Fight HIV/Aids
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world.
Estimates indicate that 5.6-million people in our country are living with HIV. It has also...
Influenza 2010 Vaccine Update
08 April 2010
The influenza season in South Africa generally starts towards the end of May and peaks in June with transmission continuing generally but...
‘One Health Conference 2011’ To Tackle Infectious Diseases In Africa
13 July 2011
Africa has probably the highest burden of infectious diseases in the world, which results from not only the socio-economic setting of Africa...
Mobile Laboratory In Caledon Improves Turnaround Times For Patients’ Test Results
NHLS medical technologist, Byron Strachan (left) demonstrates specimen testing techniques to Western Cape Health Minister Theuns Botha (2nd from left), Prof Wolfgang Preiser of the...
National Health Laboratory Service: Diamond Of The Laboratory Medicine Congress
The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), the largest diagnostic pathology service in South Africa, is the Diamond Sponsor of the first Laboratory Medicine Congress.
All...
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...