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National Health Laboratory Service
Supporting national and provincial health departments in the delivery of healthcare. The NHLS has laboratories in all of South Africa's nine provinces.
Our services include: Research, Teaching and Training, Production of Sera for Anti-Snake Venom and Diagnostic Laboratory Services.
Diagnostic Pathology Services
The NHLS is the sole provider of diagnostic pathology services to the public sector in South Africa
CD4 Testing, Viral Load Studies and HIV Treatment Monitoring
TB Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring
Screening for Cervical Cancer
HIV Genotyping
Nucleic Isolation, cDNA Synthesis, DNA Amplification
Tuberculosis Rapid Diagnosis
Designed to extract, amplify and identify targeted rpoB nucleic acid sequences
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DELAYS IN SNAKEBITE ANTIVENOM PRODUCTION
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2024-12-07T10:44:42+02:00
December 7th, 2024
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DELAYS IN SNAKEBITE ANTIVENOM PRODUCTION JOHANNESBURG: The South African Vaccine Producers (SAVP), a part of the National Health Laboratory Service, is facing delays in producing snakebite antivenom due to facility upgrades, which have led to [...]
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2021-11-26T13:22:40+02:00
NEW COVID-19 VARIANT DETECTED IN SOUTH AFRICA
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2021-11-26T13:22:40+02:00
November 25th, 2021
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, confirms that through collaborative efforts with private laboratories and the NGS-SA members, a new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529, has been detected in [...]
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2021-10-27T09:16:18+02:00
SARS-COV-2 VARIANT OF INTEREST, MU (21H / B.1.621)
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2021-10-27T09:16:18+02:00
September 6th, 2021
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently (30 August 2021) classified the PANGO lineage B.1.621 (nextclade assignment: 21H) as a variant of interest (VOI) and assigned it the Greek name “Mu”. This variant was [...]
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2021-10-27T09:19:13+02:00
DETECTION AND FREQUENCY OF THE C.1.2 MUTATED SARS-COV-2 LINEAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA
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2021-10-27T09:19:13+02:00
August 30th, 2021
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The Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA), which includes the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), KRISP at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), University of Cape Town (UCT), Stellenbosch University (SUN), the [...]
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National Health Laboratory Service
Supporting national and provincial health departments in the delivery of healthcare. The NHLS has laboratories in all of South Africa's nine provinces.
Our services include: Research, Teaching and Training, Production of Sera for Anti-Snake Venom and Diagnostic Laboratory Services.
Diagnostic Pathology Services
The NHLS is the sole provider of diagnostic pathology services to the public sector in South Africa
CD4 Testing, Viral Load Studies and HIV Treatment Monitoring
TB Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring
Screening for Cervical Cancer
HIV Genotyping
Nucleic Isolation, cDNA Synthesis, DNA Amplification
Tuberculosis Rapid Diagnosis
Designed to extract, amplify and identify targeted rpoB nucleic acid sequences
Home
nhlsadmin
2025-05-29T19:36:15+02:00
Training
News
Research
Alerts
Training
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News
Dumisani Mavundla
2024-12-07T10:44:42+02:00
DELAYS IN SNAKEBITE ANTIVENOM PRODUCTION
Dumisani Mavundla
2024-12-07T10:44:42+02:00
December 7th, 2024
|
DELAYS IN SNAKEBITE ANTIVENOM PRODUCTION JOHANNESBURG: The South African Vaccine Producers (SAVP), a part of the National Health Laboratory Service, is facing delays in producing snakebite antivenom due to facility upgrades, which have led to [...]
Research
Read More
Alerts
Content Specialist
2021-11-26T13:22:40+02:00
NEW COVID-19 VARIANT DETECTED IN SOUTH AFRICA
Content Specialist
2021-11-26T13:22:40+02:00
November 25th, 2021
|
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, confirms that through collaborative efforts with private laboratories and the NGS-SA members, a new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529, has been detected in [...]
Content Specialist
2021-10-27T09:16:18+02:00
SARS-COV-2 VARIANT OF INTEREST, MU (21H / B.1.621)
Content Specialist
2021-10-27T09:16:18+02:00
September 6th, 2021
|
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently (30 August 2021) classified the PANGO lineage B.1.621 (nextclade assignment: 21H) as a variant of interest (VOI) and assigned it the Greek name “Mu”. This variant was [...]
Content Specialist
2021-10-27T09:19:13+02:00
DETECTION AND FREQUENCY OF THE C.1.2 MUTATED SARS-COV-2 LINEAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Content Specialist
2021-10-27T09:19:13+02:00
August 30th, 2021
|
The Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA), which includes the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), KRISP at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), University of Cape Town (UCT), Stellenbosch University (SUN), the [...]
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SCM Procedures & Policies
Latest RFQs
Latest Tender
Received Bids
Awarded Bids
Bid Cancellations
Bid Withdrawal
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