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Situation update on an imported case of Lassa fever from Nigeria to South Africa

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Since the report of an imported case of Lassa fever in South Africa on 12 May 2022 (https://www.nicd.ac.za/imported-case-of-lassa-fever-identified/), further investigations and response activities have been conducted. The investigations revealed that the imported case had been ill while in Nigeria about 10 days prior to entering South Africa. The case-patient sought medical attention in Nigeria but …

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South Africa has entered a new phase of the COVID pandemic: what that means

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Michelle J. Groome, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Juliet Pulliam, South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis (SACEMA) , and Sheetal Silal, University of Cape Town Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two offspring – known as the BA.4 and BA.5 …

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Fresh signs of mosquito insecticide resistance in South Africa

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Shüné Oliver, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Basil Brooke, University of the Witwatersrand, and Givemore Munhenga, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Most South Africans aren’t worried about malaria even though the disease is endemic in the country. Four of the country’s nine provinces carry malaria risk while 10% of the population is at risk of …

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Malaria elimination: South Africa needs to regroup and refocus to get there

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Jaishree Raman, National Institute for Communicable Diseases In recent years South Africa has made significant progress in its effort to eliminate malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists it as one of the countries that has the potential to eliminate the disease in the near future. In 2021, the WHO also hailed South Africa for …

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Alert to clinicians – 2022 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season has started and may be associated with higher than usual RSV circulation

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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI) among young children. It is highly contagious and infection with RSV does not result in permanent or long-term immunity and re-infections can occur. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the RSV season in South Africa usually preceded the influenza season with …

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Wins, missteps and lessons: African experts reflect on two years of COVID response

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On 11 March 2020, just months after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in China, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern. Over the next two years COVID-19 would go on to infect nearly half a billion people, killing over 6 million around the world. Governments introduced …

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NICD launches a Crowdsourced Health Platform in South Africa

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, is excited to announce the pilot launch of CoughWatchSA ­– a respiratory health survey designed to monitor acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) that include COVID-19 and influenza-like illnesses (ILI). This survey will also link eligible participants to a home-based testing …

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Turning the tide on TB

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South Africa ranks amongst the high-burden tuberculosis (TB), drug-resistant TB and HIV-co-infected TB countries, globally. However, over the past decade it has made significant progress in turning the tide by adopting the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended diagnostic technologies and therapies for both prevention and management to reduce the burden of the disease. In addition, …

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