National Institute for Communicable Diseases

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is a national public health institute of South Africa,[1][2] providing reference to microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government's response to communicable disease threats.[3][4]

National Institute for Communicable Diseases

Agency overview
Preceding agency	National Institute for Virology
Jurisdiction	South Africa
Website	www.nicd.ac.za

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.[5]

The main goal of the NICD is to be the national organ for South Africa for public health surveillance of communicable disease.[6]

References

1. "Health | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
2. "South Africa", Wikipedia, 2019-02-20, retrieved 2019-02-25
3. Wan, Kang-Lin; Jiang, Yi; Liu, Zhi-Guang; Zhao, Xiu-Qin; Li, Ma-Chao; Liu, Hai-Can; Xiao, Tong-Yang; Huang, Ming-Xiang; Zhao, Li-Li (2019-08-07). "Prevalence, risk and genetic characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in a tertiary care tuberculosis hospital in China". Infection and Drug Resistance. 12: 2457–2465. doi:10.2147/IDR.S209971. PMC 6689547. PMID 31496759.
4. "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. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
5. "About us | NICD". 2020-07-05. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
6. "NICD About Us: Overview". NICD. NICD. Retrieved 17 September 2020.