The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is a dynamic organisation, creating news in the field of diagnostic pathology and research every day. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), an institute of the NHLS, also alerts healthcare authorities and workers globally about infectious disease outbreaks requiring urgent and immediate attention.
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The Outbreak Response Unit of the NICD provides support to all provinces for outbreaks of epidemic infectious diseases.
For more information contact the unit on +27 (11) 386 0545.
Interim guidance for the management of Candida Auris infections in South African hospitals
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Malaria Update
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 [...]