Institutes & Subsidiaries
SOUTH AFRICA’S ACCESS TO COVID-19 VACCINES
MEDIA RELEASE: 04 December 2020 SOUTH AFRICA’S ACCESS TO COVID-19 VACCINES As announced by his excellency President MC Ramaphosa, South Africa remains a member state of the COVAX facility and still holds [...]
Health Media Statement 04 December 2020
Media Statement 4 December 2020 As of today, the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases is 805 804 with 4 932 new cases identified since the last report. Province Total cases for 03 December 2020 Percentage total [...]
Media Statement
1. In early 2020, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) started to take steps in anticipation of the emerging Covid-19 pandemic. Because of its role as the national pathology service provider, it would be [...]
UPDATE ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-Ncov) OUTBREAK IN WUHAN CITY, HUBEI PROVINCE OF CHINA
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China country office reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. The cause has since been confirmed as a novel coronavirus [...]
OUTBREAK OF CARBAPENEM–RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS AT TEMBISA HOSPITAL
What do we know about this outbreak so far? On 24 December 2019, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Service was informed of a suspected outbreak of bloodstream [...]
STATEMENT ON SALMONELLA CASES IN KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE
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 [...]
Research conducted covers a wide spectrum of activities in the pathology and surveillance disciplines. The research agenda covers the priority diseases within South Africa, such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, pneumococcal infections, occupational health, screening for cervical cancer and malnutrition.
The teaching programme includes the training of medical technologists and technicians in association with the universities of technology. The training of undergraduate and postgraduate medical, dental and other health professionals is done through the pathology and public health departments based at the medical and dental schools.
