The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is the national public health institute for South Africa. It provides reference microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government’s response to communicable disease threats. Take a look at what Communicable diseases are, what causes them and how they are transmitted.

Climate change and funding cuts threaten malaria targets: what SADC countries can do
Malaria control and elimination efforts across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are at

