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Eight teams from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), under the leadership of Prof Janusz Paweska, Head of the Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases at the NICD, including two volunteers from the University of Pretoria were deployed from 16 August 2014 until 25 March 2015 to West Africa’s Sierra Leone, in order to …

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Date: 02 June 2015 “The minister called the appointment of Prof Barry Schoub as “the beginning of a new era” in the NHLS.” The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) welcomed the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on 1 June, at the Sandringham campus; this was a great honour as it is not every day …

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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 …

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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 …

Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks: Situation Update, 08 January 2015 Read More »

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 …

CSIR And NHLS Join Forces: Building A National Resource For Increasing Quality Of Pathology Service In South Africa Read More »

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 …

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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 …

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                                                       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 …

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