Battling Cancer With Biotechnology – Cuba Takes The Lead
Each year on 4 February, WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) supports Union for International Cancer Control
February 4, 2013
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Prof Barry Schoub Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Barry Schoub received the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognises an exceptional individual whose
December 12, 2012
United States Government Announces $11 Million In Additional Support For Rapid TB Test In 14 Countries
On December 4, 2012, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced an additional $11 million to
December 6, 2012
African Society For Laboratory Medicine Holds First International Conference In Cape Town
Approximately 1,500 laboratory professionals, clinicians, programme managers, epidemiologists, researchers, students, and policy makers from around the world convened in Cape Town,
December 6, 2012
Roche And PEPFAR To Strengthen Laboratory Medicine Training And Knowledge In Africa
On 3 December 2012, Roche Diagnostics and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a public-private partnership
December 6, 2012
World AIDS Day – The NHLS Way
PRESS RELEASE WORLD AIDS DAY – THE NHLS WAY 27 November 2012 – As the world commemorates World Aids Day
November 29, 2012
Historical Site Makes History: New Home For Africa Centre For HIV And AIDS Management
A new home has been built at Stellenbosch University (SU) to accommodate the increasing number of activities around its HIV
November 20, 2012
National department of Health’s plan for a rapid Molecular diagnosis of TB
In Response to The Minister of Health and his national TB Program Team; A team was developed within the NHLS
October 31, 2012
2012 PMTCT Report:
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRAMME TO PREVENT MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV (PMTCT) For the 2012 report "The evaluation of the early
October 30, 2012
NHLS Scientists In HIV Breakthrough
Two bright young scientists from the National Health Laboratory Service’s (NHLS) National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) have brought the
October 24, 2012
NHLS Researchers A Dominant Force In Africa
The NHLS featured prominently as a dominant force on the African continent when two of its researchers, their research teams and
October 19, 2012
August 8, 2012
CDC Review Finds No Link Between Hormonal Contraception And HIV Risk
A data review by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has failed to confirm a previously described
June 28, 2012
Jury Out On Using ARV Prophylaxis
South African guidelines for the preventative use of HIV medication by men who have sex with men who are not
June 21, 2012
NHLS Joins the World in Reaching the Target on TB
12 June 2012; Durban. According to the Chairperson of the TB Conference Prof Martie van der Walt, the rate of
June 15, 2012
New Study On Microbicide Vaginal Ring To Prevent HIV
Cape Town, 13th June 2012 – A new clinical trial in the area of HIV prevention for women is underway
June 14, 2012
Human Rabies Case Confirmed in Kwazulu Natal
12 June 2012 Rabies has been confirmed in a 29 year old farmer from Underberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The
June 12, 2012
World Health Assembly Endorses New Plan To Increase Global Access To Vaccines
Major milestone heralds broad, collaborative action to fight vaccine-preventable diseases Geneva, Switzerland – May 25, 2012 – Ministers of
May 29, 2012
Polio Eradication Shifts Into Emergency Mode
25 May 2012 New cases at lowest levels ever, but funding gap threatens progress Geneva, Switzerland 24 May 2012
May 28, 2012
World TB Day: 55 Centers Established Nationally And 300 000 Tests Performed
South Africa is burdened by one of the worst tuberculosis (TB) epidemics in the world. And, our gold mining industry
March 23, 2012
International African Vaccinology Conference 2012
06 February 2012 Advocating for efforts to protect African children, families and communities from the threat of infectious diseases Cape
February 6, 2012
