Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack
Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA Melinda Suchard, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Polio is a disease
October 29, 2018
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HIV Liver Transplant
In 2017, doctors from the Transplant Unit at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre performed what is believed to be
October 4, 2018
We should take fungal infections more seriously. Here’s why
Researchers have raised concerns about anti-fungal resistance. Shutterstock Nelesh P. Govender, National Institute for Communicable Diseases When most healthy people
October 4, 2018
A hidden epidemic of life-threatening fungal infections
What is the scope of the problem? When most healthy people think of fungal diseases, they often think of oral
October 1, 2018
NICD PhD student wins’ best student poster at Wits Research Day
The National Institutes for Communicable Diseases (NICD) congratulates Ntando Phaahla, a PhD student working in the NICD’s Centre for HIV
September 17, 2018
Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe
An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in Harare, Zimbabwe. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that as at 11
September 17, 2018