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SA Medical Research Council has awarded Professor Shabir Madhi, the MRC’s most prestigious accolade, the MRC Lifetime Achievement Award (Platinum Medal). The award is made in recognition of the excellence of his research in the field of vaccinology and respiratory and meningeal pathogens and its impact on improving child health in South Africa and other […]

Biobanks are repositories where organised collections of human biological materials, and associated data from large numbers of individuals, are collected, stored and distributed for the purpose of health research. Biobanking is not a new concept. What is new is that with rapid advances in science and technology, the reliance on the use of human biobanks,

Dr Bavesh Kana, Head of the Wits University node of the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research was recently promoted to Reader/Associate Professor in the School of Pathology. He completed his PhD degree and Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. Dr

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