Insights
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Coronavirus and crime: Good for wildlife, bad for fishing communities
February 25, 2020There will be a Covid-19-related socioeconomic and resultant crime problem that emerges before the virus hits South Africa’s shores in numbers....
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Coronavirus: Don’t panic – but South Africa needs to be prepared
February 21, 2020The recent emergence of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in China comes as no surprise to infectious disease specialists, who have warned of the inevitability of this occurrence for decades. ...
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An overview of the quality assurance programme for HIV rapid testing in South Africa
September 26, 2019Outcome of a 2-year phased implementation of quality assurance program. This is the first large-scale assessment of the implementation of HIV Rapid Test Quality Improvement Initiative in South Africa....
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State pathology system a boon to NHI
September 3, 2019For National Health Insurance (NHI) to succeed, a number of building blocks are essential. One such building block is our pathology services. Dr Tim Tucker argues that the National Health Laboratory S...
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South African HIV self-testing policy and guidance considerations
September 22, 2017The gap in HIV testing remains significant and new modalities such as HIV self-testing (HIVST) have been recommended to reach key and under-tested populations....
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Improving the clinic-laboratory-interface in the context of HIV diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring
March 12, 2017Laboratory support is central to clinical medicine. The present review focuses on the health systems strengthening needs of the clinic-laboratory-interface (CLI) in developing countries within the con...
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