Health status of Afghan women and children : an assessment of trends in 10 refugee camps between Hangu and Thal, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan / Ellen Krijgh.

The barani (rain-fed) region accounts for about a fifth of the cultivated area in Pakistan. It has the potential to significantly increase crop production levels. Similarly, considerable scope exists in this area for the development of forests, fruit and vegetable gardening, pasture and stock rearing. Most of the natural resources are also found in this tract. Its hilly areas possess a vast potential for tourism. Besides, significant opportunities exist for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. An optimum utilisation of all this potential, obviously, is employmentgenerating and income-augmenting. Despite all such realisations this region as a whole, unfortunately, is identified as the least attended to area in terms of provision of socio-physical infrastructure, other development programmes and, even, research work. This led to a deterioration of the employment situation in the barani region as a whole. A poor information base and analysis thereof on employment and manpower related variables is also the consequence of such a treatment to this area. I This paper, using the data of a field survey, tries to fill, though partly, the vacuum on employment and related variables in the rural barani region. An attempt is made here to record and analyse the labour force participation rates, employment pattern (main economic activities) and unemployment/underemployment levels prevailing in the rural baran; areas of the provinces of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).

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Two new species of Paurodontella Husain & Khan, 1968 (Nematoda: Sphaerulariidae) associated with wheat and a diagnostic compendium to the genus

Nematology ◽

10.1163/156854109x461730 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 181-192 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Zafar A. Handoo ◽

Erum Y. Iqbal ◽

Nasira Kazi ◽

Shahina Fayyaz

Keyword(s):

Triticum Aestivum ◽

New Species ◽

Excretory Pore ◽

Triticum Aestivum L ◽

Slender Body ◽

Valid Species ◽

Lateral Field ◽

North West ◽

North West Frontier Province ◽

Two New Species

Abstract An identification key to ten valid species of Paurodontella is given. A compendium of the most important diagnostic characters with illustrations of each species is included as a practical alternative and supplement to the key. The diagnosis of Paurodontella is emended and a list of all valid species of the genus is given. Two new species (Paurodontella myceliophaga n. sp. and P. balochistanica n. sp.) collected around the roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan, Pakistan, are described and illustrated. Paurodontella myceliophaga n. sp. is characterised by having a short post-uterine sac, lateral field with four incisures, excretory pore at the base of the pharynx and fusiform median bulb, whereas P. balochistanica n. sp. has a longer and very slender body with posterior vulva, lateral field with four incisures and short mucronate tail. Because these species are limited in distribution, their importance is not known.

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Veterinary needs of dogs in two resource-limited communities in the Gauteng and North West provinces of South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association ◽

10.4102/jsava.v72i4.654 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 72 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

W.N. Minnaar ◽

R.C. Krecek

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Health Status ◽

Body Condition ◽

Veterinary Services ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Deficient Diet ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

Resource Limited ◽

Protein Deficient Diet

Information on the socioeconomic aspects and the health status of dogs in 2 resource-limited communities in the North West and Gauteng provinces of South Africa was gathered using semi-structured interviews and a standardised questionnaire. The dogs were examined clinically to determine their health status, and their body condition and age were scored. Most of the dogs (93 % in Jericho and 90 % in Zuurbekom) were infected with hookworm, which poses a threat to animal and human health in the 2 study areas. Many dogs were also being given a protein-deficient diet, which together with hookworm parasites would impact considerably on the dog's health. Dogs were mainly kept for security reasons. The need indicated to be most important by the residents of the 2 commnities was a lack of available and affordable veterinary services.

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