South Africa National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)
National Health Laboratory Service
The NHLS is a South African national public entity providing diagnostic pathology services and laboratory testing to over 80% of the South African population through a countrywide network of quality-assured laboratories. The organization operates LabTrack (a laboratory test tracking system) and maintains the National HIV Cohort, generating surveillance data on diagnostic patterns and HIV treatment outcomes across the country.
Category
Open dataset
Access
Credentialed
Region
Africa — South Africa
Coverage
South Africa; over 80% population coverage through laboratory network
Data types
laboratory test results, HIV surveillance, diagnostic pathology