Although provincial autonomy was given to provinces of Pakistan through the 18th Constitutional Amendment in 2010 pacify political unrest, yet this amendment did nothing for true socio-political assimilation various sub-national identities different regions such as Saraikis Punjab, Hazaras Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Mohajirs Sindh and Pashtoons Balochistan Gilgit Baltistan well. Therefore demand ...

Indigenous goats belonging to small-scale farmers in 4 communal grazing areas in South Africa were sampled for ixodid ticks during the period September 1991 to May 1993. Three of these areas were in the North West Province (Rietgat, Madinyane and Bethany), and one in Mpumalanga Province (Geluk). No tick control was practised unless requested by the owners. Seven ixodid tick species, of which th...

Ticks, as vectors of disease and damage agents, impact directly and indirectly on the economy of the livestock industry in southern Africa. This study surveyed the occurrence and distribution of ticks infesting livestock across the North West province, South Africa. During three phases in consecutive years, officers of the provincial Veterinary Department collected specimens monthly from li...

The health of a district in a province may be taken to be an index of the health of the whole province. Lately, I got an opportunity of visiting Purnea Short as my stay was, I made the best use, I possibly could, of my opportunities in studying the topographical and sanitary aspects of the district, the habits and manners of the people, their life and health, and the medical works so far instit...

As this is the 30th anniversary of the publication of our paper "Diffuse pleural mesotheliomas and asbestos exposure in the north west Cape Province," and 1 December 1990 is the first anniversary of John Gilson's death, I think it is appropriate to subunit this paper. It covers the background of the discovery of the series of mesotheliomas in the north western region of the Cape Province, and t...