CoughWatchSA is a mobile application where users can register and report their respiratory symptoms on a weekly basis. The aim of this platform is to identify and monitor acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) which may potentially include influenza, RSV and COVID-19.

Prof Nelesh Govender’s Inaugural Lecture at the University of Witwatersrand on the 14th of April 2022.

The National Cancer Registry (NCR) team have put together a touching tribute for their late boss, mentor and friend, Dr Elvira Singh, Centre Head of the NCR, watch this moving tribute.

In the latest technical media briefing, Decoding the Science, experts at the NICD presented findings on typhoid fever cases in South Africa, how wastewater surveillance informs COVID-19 policy and also shared insights on the Omicron sublineage, BA.2.

Every year, a lecture is hosted in memory of one of South Africa’s pioneers in the field of virology and infectious, James Henderson Sutherland Gear. The James HS Gear Memorial Lecture is held to support research and knowledge sharing aimed at furthering the development of Medical Virology in South Africa.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is recognised from 18 to 24 November each year and aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance. And furthermore encourages best practices among the general public, health workers and policymakers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections.

For those interested to know how COVID-19 vaccines work, watch the following video.

September marks World Field Epidemiology Day, a day that recognises the incredible work done by 'disease detectives' across the world. Considered the boots on the ground, Field Epidemiologists work in, and with, communities to strengthen health structures.

The NICD is a national public health institute that serves South African healthcare workers, policy makers and the general public through the provision of science-based, up-to-date information and articles that are related to communicable diseases, within the context of disease prevention on the African continent.

CoughWatchSA, a digital participatory surveillance platform, enables members of the public to report influenza-like illness and COVID-19 symptoms. But why is this significant, and why is public participation important?

Take a look at what Communicable diseases are, what causes them and how they are transmitted.

The purpose of this tutorial is to assist health workers to use malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) safely and effectively. Dr Jaishree Raman, a medical scientist from the NICD explains how to administer the test as well as how to interpret the results.

Follow Mashudus story of how his village was affected by a cholera outbreak. This video gives insight into how cholera spreads, how it can be treated and the role that the NICD plays.

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Professor John Frean of the NICD explains the causes of Malaria.

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Surviving Polio is a documentary film about the success story of Polio survivors from South Africa and the leaps that the Polio vaccine has made to date.

communicable diseases expert Prof Lucille Blumberg from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) presents a Clinical Presentation of Malaria.