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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (4 February 2015) — The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) commends the appointment of Dr. Matshidiso Moeti to serve as the next World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa. Dr. Moeti is a distinguished clinician that has served in leadership positions for more than 35 years within WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF and

The most recent positive Ebola Virus Disease case has been confirmed on the 29 December 2014 in Glosgow, United Kingdom (UK). The case is a health-care worker who returned from volunteering at an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone. The patient has been isolated and is receiving treatment. Moreover, Public health authorities are now investigating

The full blood count (FBC) is one of the most commonly performed diagnostic test in the initial diagnosis and subsequent management of patients in the practice of clinical medicine today. For about 10–20% of FBCs performed, a specialist technician, technologist, or haematologist is required to perform an additional, manual evaluation of the blood cells under

TRAVEL ADVISORY AND DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL TRAVEL Pretoria, 13 September 2014 As a follow up to the SADC Health meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 6th of August, 2014 the SADC Health Ministers met to review progress and address issues that had arisen since the last meeting, such as challenges brought about by

DEPLOYMENT OF FIELD LABORATORY TO WEST AFRICA The National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division in the NHLS deployed a specialist team in response to the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak to Sierra Leone on 16th August 2014. The deployment is in response to an extended call from the World Health Organization, Global Outbreak Alert

                                                       MEDIA STATEMENT To: Editors & Health Journalists Issued by: Ministry of Health & NICD Date: August 18, 2014 Time: 14:45 Update on the Patient admitted at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital      The Ministry of Health and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) would like to update the public about the condition of the patient

An extra ordinary meeting of the SADC ministers of Health on the Ebola outbreak was held yesterday, in Johannesburg. Please see the communiqué below for the outcomes. SADC EBOLA statement

Johannesburg, July 30, 2014 – There is an ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, with over 1 200 cases and 670 deaths reported to date in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fortunately, there have been no confirmed cases of EVD in South Africa associated with this outbreak. The Ministry of Health of