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Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, on Friday officially opened Africa’s first Regional Diagnostic Demonstration Centre (RDDC). “The centre advances and strengthens South Africa’s biosafety and biosecurity system capabilities and its role in the Southern African region to prevent natural, accidental, or deliberate biological events,” the Minister explained. Under the umbrella of the International Health Regulations ... Read more