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Vaccines could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria in Africa
The development of an effective vaccine for malaria has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to
Fungal disease awareness week 2022
Fungal diseases are often caused by fungi that are common in the environment. Most fungi are not dangerous, but some types can be harmful to
Mosquitoes: there’s malaria, plus 5 other diseases they pass on to humans
Most people instantly associate mosquitoes with malaria. But these tiny flying insects can transmit a number of other diseases too.
Mosquito species from Asia poses growing risk to Africa’s anti-malaria efforts
The spread of the mosquito species Anopheles stephensi across Africa poses a significant problem to a continent already heavily burdened
Wins, missteps and lessons: African experts reflect on two years of COVID response
On 11 March 2020, just months after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in China, the World Health Organization declared
NICD launches a Crowdsourced Health Platform in South Africa
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, is excited to announce the
Turning the tide on TB
South Africa ranks amongst the high-burden tuberculosis (TB), drug-resistant TB and HIV-co-infected TB countries, globally. However, over the past decade
Tracking symptoms of respiratory diseases online can give a picture of community health
Mvuyo Makhasi, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Cheryl Cohen, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, and Sibongile Walaza, University of the
Sexually Transmitted Infections Frequently Asked Questions
1.What is an STI? A sexually transmitted infection or STI is an infection that is spread from an infected person
South African scientists on the inside story of discovering omicron – and what their experience offers the world about future variants. Podcast
After South African scientists sounded the alarm about the new omicron variant, countries around the world closed their borders. Kim
