In line with the mandate of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the Centre for Tuberculosis (CTB) conducts laboratory-based public health surveillance of TB in South Africa, serves as a National TB reference laboratory (NTBRL) and participates in microbiology and epidemiology-oriented training programmes. The CTB also initiates applied public health research aimed at providing enhanced intelligence on the drivers and protective factors that underlie the TB epidemic in South Africa

National Cancer Registry And Partners To Unveil Cancer Survivors Month Plans
The National Cancer Registry (NCR), based at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),