3 February 2012 We are currently in the malaria season in southern Africa. Malaria is of particular concern in returning travellers from high risk areas and who present with fever or flu-like illness. High risk areas include certain lowveld areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, northern KwaZulu-Natal, and most importantly Mozambique, parts of Zimbabwe and […]
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008. Each year on 4 February, the NHLS supports the WHO and the International Union Against Cancer to promote ways to ease the global burden of cancer. Preventing cancer and raising quality of life for cancer patients are recurring
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01 February 2012 Malaria has been confirmed in 6 patients in Gauteng Province without a recent history of travel. These cases originate from two separate areas: 3 patients from Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, and 3 patients from a private housing estate in Pretorius Park, Pretoria East. Entomological investigations conducted at one of the two affected sites found
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3rd SA TB Conference:Abstract submissions deadline extended! Due to large public interest, the abstract submission closing date has been extended to 3 February 2012. Applications can be made on-line at http://www.tbconference.co.za Submit your papers under any of the following tracks: Track 1: Basic Science Track 2: Clinical, Epidemiological & Operational Research Track 3: Patient & Civil Society
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Through Grand Challenges Canada and the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 22 new proposals for Point-of-Care Diagnostics that are easy to use, low cost, multiplexed, and able to assess disease stage and provide information on prognosis have been awarded funding. A Multi-Disciplinary Point-of-Care Laboratory in an Active
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Travelers during the festive season should be alerted to the infectious disease risks both locally and abroad. Healthcare professionals should also be reminded to be aware of travel associated infections in patients presenting during and after this period. Typhoid fever: outbreak in Zimbabwe The Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and Child Welfare recently reported an ongoing outbreak of typhoid fever in the city of Harare.
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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 been shown that AIDS is the biggest killer in South Africa, causing 30% of deaths. As South Africa’s largest pathology group, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), has as
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NHLS commemorated World Aids Day by raising awareness about the pandemic as well as promoting the importance of knowing your status, by getting tested. A fascinating lecture was presented by Prof. David Lewis, entitled -‘The 30-Year War on AIDS-Have We Reached the Turning Point?’, followed by a moving talk by guest speaker, Mr Rhulani Baloyi, a young man living with HIV. The proceedings were wrapped up with the musical talents of the NICD choir,
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24 November 2011 An AIDS patient previously on antiretroviral treatment appears to now be free of infection after a stem cell transplant where he received blood cells of a person with genes that are able to resist HIV infection. This so-called "Berlin patient" has raised the possibility that AIDS can be cured. Scientists are
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