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The Public Health Bulletin South Africa (PHBSA) website is hosted by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), divisions of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). The PHBSA website is funded jointly by the NICD, the US CDC Foundation, and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative.

Surveillance Reports

Occupational cancer mortality in South Africa: insights from national data, 2011–2015

Tracking infectious agents through wastewater in South Africa: measles, rubella, hepatitis, influenza, mpox, and tuberculosis, 2024

Linkage to care for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis cases in Gauteng, South Africa (2022–2023)

Antenatal HIV and syphilis testing in South Africa: Comparing medical records and laboratory results among pregnant women

Case Studies

Investigation of foodborne disease outbreak linked to restaurant in Cape Town, South Africa (February, 2024)

Unveiling Antifungal-Resistant Ringworm: Trichophyton Indotineae Case in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Diabetes Mellitus Mortality by Major Occupation Category in South Africa, 2009—2016

Odyssean Malaria in Kempton Park, Gauteng Province – September 2021

Opinion Pieces

Antimicrobial resistance: The threat we can see, if we choose to look

The risk of zooanthroponosis of mpox in South Africa

Key Takeaways from the Inaugural SAFETP Alumni Symposium

Water cuts in South Africa are hurting hospitals and clinics – there’s an increased risk of infections

Policy Briefs

Advocating for meningococcal vaccination among tertiary students in South Africa (policy brief)

Epidemiological Reports

Epidemiology of respiratory pathogens in South Africa, 2023

Respiratory Pathogen Epidemiology from the Systematic Influenza-like Illness and Pneumonia Surveillance Programmes

COVID-19 UPDATE: XBB.1.5 VARIANT

Outbreak Reports

An outbreak of Alkalihalobacillus clausii bacteraemia linked to probiotic use in South African hospitals (2024)

Investigation of a measles outbreak in Mpumalanga, South Africa (Nov 2022–Dec 2023)

South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023 ( 16 FEBRUARY )

South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023 ( 10 FEBRUARY )

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