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On 29th September, NHLS was proud to be honoured with the B.I.D. International Star Award for Quality. NHLS received this award because it demonstrated a proven commitment to quality and in continuous quest for excellence towards customers, through attention to products and services. B.I.D. Business Initiative Directions is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of […]

26 September 2013 World Rabies Day – Understand it to defeat it Saturday 28th September is World Rabies day and the aim is to raise awareness for the prevention and control of this deadly disease. The theme this year is ‘Understand it, to defeat it’. Because it is a relatively uncommon disease, general awareness of

Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries Loyse A, Thangaraj H, Easterbrook P, Ford N, Roy M, Chiller T, Govender N, Harrison TS, Bicanic T. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 May 31.   This is an advocacy piece that was published in Lancet ID this week. It highlights issues around limited access

Honourable Speaker My colleague the Deputy Minister of Health MECs for Health present The Chairperson and members of the Health Portfolio Committee Honourable Members of Parliament Invited Guests Ladies and Gentlemen Honourable Speaker, it is now well documented and generally understood that South Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease. Many other countries are faced

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SA: Statement by the Department of Health, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi appoints Ministerial Advisory Committee on the prevention and control of cancer in South Africa (16/04/2013) STATEMENT Published 17 Apr 2013 The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gwen Ramagopa had today, Tuesday 16 April 2013, officially opened and led discussions of the inaugural meeting of the

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 (South Africa), joined hundreds of scientists, doctors and other experts from around the world to launch the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication today, declaring that an end to

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 hospital last week with diarrhoea.   The preliminary tests showed that the diarrhoea was likely caused by a species of bacteria belonging to the same family of bacteria that

Each year on 4 February, WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) supports Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to promote ways to ease the global burden of cancer. This year, WHO has featured an article detailing the comprehensive cancer prevention plan that was implimented in Cuba, following their reccomendations, that ensures universal

Professor Barry Schoub received the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognises an exceptional individual whose contributions to laboratory science have made a positive impact on public health. Prof Schoub, is the former Executive Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and post retirement serves as senior consultant and