National Institute for Communicable Diseases explained

Agency Name:	National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Preceding1:	National Institute for Virology
Jurisdiction:	South Africa
Headquarters:	1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, Johannesburg
Parent Agency:	National Health Laboratory Service
Parent Department:	Department of Health

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is the national public health institute of South Africa,^[1] providing reference to microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government's response to communicable disease threats.^{[2] [3]}

The NICD serves as a resource of knowledge and expertise of communicable diseases to the South African Government, Southern African Development Community countries and the African continent. The institution assists in the planning of policies and programmes to support and respond to communicable diseases.^[4]

The main goal of the NICD is to be the national organ for South Africa for public health surveillance of communicable disease.^[4]

Centres

• Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases
• Centre for Enteric Diseases
• Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses
• Centre for HIV and STIs
• Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis
• Centre for Tuberculosis
• Centre for Vaccines and Immunology
• Public Health Surveillance and Response Division
• National Cancer Registry
• Transversal Functions
  • Division of Biosafety and Biosecurity (DBB)
  • Sequencing Core Facility

References

1. Web site: Health South African Government. 2020-07-05. www.gov.za.
2. Prevalence, risk and genetic characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in a tertiary care tuberculosis hospital in China. Wan. Kang-Lin. Jiang. Yi. 2019-08-07. Infection and Drug Resistance. English. Liu. Zhi-Guang. Zhao. Xiu-Qin. Li. Ma-Chao. Liu. Hai-Can. Xiao. Tong-Yang. Huang. Ming-Xiang. Zhao. Li-Li. 12. 2457–2465. 10.2147/IDR.S209971. 31496759. 6689547 . free .
3. Web site: SA's private hospitals have been hit by a mysterious and deadly fungal infection that is spreading across the globe, and no one knows how to stop it. BusinessInsider. 2019-08-24.
4. Web site: 2020-07-05. About us NICD. 2020-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705213559/https://www.nicd.ac.za/about-us/. 2020-07-05.