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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) came into being in January 2002 following on the restructuring of the public sector medical laboratory services of South Africa and the creation of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) from the previous South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR) together with various governmental and provincial laboratories.
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