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Laboratory diagnosis of Listeria

Laboratory diagnosis of Listeria

Meningoccocal Disease

Meningococcal Diseases FAQs_2017 SAJID_Recommendations for Meningococcal Vaccine in SA 2017 SMeiring Guidelines for the management, prevention and control of meningococcal diseases in South Africa (2011)  

National Malaria Guidelines for Treatment

The guidelines on the treatment of malaria in South Africa aim to facilitate effective, appropriate and timeous treatment of malaria. Read more...

Protecting your family and pets against rabies

Rabies is a serious disease caused by a virus mostly transmitted to humans by domestic dogs. The virus infects the brain and nervous system,...

Second outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of Congo reported on 1...

Second outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of Congo reported on 1 August 2018 2 August 2018 Following the announcement of the end of...

Plague factsheet

Plaque information sheet

Ebola vaccine is key in ongoing efforts to contain the DRC outbreak

A health worker prepares to administer the experimental Ebola vaccine in north-western DRC. EPA-EFE/STR Jacqueline Weyer, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Vaccines are recognised as one of...

Malaria Information Kit

National Guidelines for Malaria Treatment (2018) Malaria Risk Map (December 2018) Guidelines for the Prevention of Malaria (Jan 2019) Addendum to the South...

NICD PhD student wins’ best student poster at Wits Research Day

The National Institutes for Communicable Diseases (NICD) congratulates Ntando Phaahla, a PhD student working in the NICD’s Centre for HIV and STI, for having...