Congratulations are in order for Prof Nelesh Govender who was recently promoted to Professor in the School of Pathology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Govender began his career in public health 15 years ago when was the appointed head of the Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses Surveillance (GERMS) at the National […]
Media Statement The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to monitor COVID-19 trends nationally. We have noted an upsurge in cases in the Northern Cape, North West and Free State Provinces. “The team is working with the respective provinces to ascertain whether the rise in cases
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On Tuesday, 13 April 2021, the Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize announced the temporary pause of the Johnson & Johnson Sisonke study in South Africa. The announcement follows a decision by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) and the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) to halt the rollout of the J&J
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), together with research partners Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), Epicentre, and Genesis Analytics, are currently conducting a survey on Healthcare Utilisation and Seroprevalence of COVID-19 in three districts in South Africa, referred to as the HUTS survey. The NICD has been monitoring respiratory diseases, such as influenza and
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UPDATE ON SARS-COV-2 VACCINE ROLLOUT STRATEGY Issued by the National Department of Health In line with our commitment to keep the public informed of developments relating to the vaccine rollout strategy, we wish to communicate recent developments of national importance. When we held the press briefing on Sunday, 3 January 2021, we indicated that, in
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World Pneumonia Day is commemorated annually on 12 November, to raise awareness about pneumonia, which was the second most prevalent killer of children under the age of five years together with influenza in South Africa in 2016. Studies have shown that HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected children have a higher risk of severe pneumonia and death
Getty Images Marietjie Venter, University of Pretoria As the southern hemisphere moves closer to winter, virologists are concerned about the upcoming influenza season. This may result in more people needing medical care for flu – including hospitalisation – while the health system is still battling the coronavirus. This may swing the pendulum in favour of
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During October and November 2018, certain private sector laboratories have reported an increase in Salmonella cases in KwaZulu-Natal Province. Salmonella was also the most likely cause of two recent foodborne disease outbreaks reported from eThekwini Municipality. Salmonella bacteria normally live in the guts of animals, including chicken, cattle, pigs and reptiles. People can become infected
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Polio is a disease that struck fear into the hearts of parents just a generation ago. Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral illness which spreads through faeces and respiratory secretions. Polio causes sudden onset of weakness, often permanent paralysis, in otherwise healthy individuals. One arm or leg can become useless, or the whole body
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In 2017, doctors from the Transplant Unit at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre performed what is believed to be the world’s first intentional liver transplant from a mother living with HIV to her critically ill HIV negative child, who had end-stage liver disease.“In the weeks after the transplant, we thought that the child was
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