Bacteriophages are regarded as enteric viral indicators in faecally contaminated water systems and may indicate the presence of human viral pollution. They are relatively resistant to inactivation by natural and treatment processes. In this study, the presence of somatic coliphages and F-RNA coliphages was investigated in potable water from rural areas in the North West province. Water samples ...

The five countries with the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world are situated in southern Africa, and South Africa, with an estimated 4.7 million people living with HIV (PLWA), has more cases of HIV/AIDS than any other country. AIDS stigma and discrimination continue to impact on those living with and affected by the HIV disease and their health-care providers, particularly in southern Afr...

BACKGROUND There is limited data on objectively determined habitual physical activity (PA) in 16-year old South African adolescents. The purpose of this study was to objectively determine the habitual PA of adolescents from the North West Province of South Africa by race and gender. METHODS Adolescents (137 girls, 89 boys) from the ongoing Physical Activity and Health Longitudinal Study (PAHL...

Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) methods were employed to document the use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa. The study indicated that Setswana-speaking people in the North West Province have a rich heritage of ethnoveterinary knowledge, which includes all aspects of ethnoveterinary medicinal plant...

In inland Croatia, Franciscan friars had been scattered across three multi-national provinces - the Croatian and Carniolan province in the west, the province of St Ladislaus in the north, and the province of St John Capistrano in the east. The three provinces united into a single Croatian Franciscan province of St Cyrill and Methodius in 1900. As the monastery in Zagreb, the Croatian capital, w...

UNLIKE BURMA, the Vietnams, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand has never at any time been under the domination of a Western Power and it is only in the last quarter of a century that much authentic information about it has become available. Traditionally, of course, it is the home of the white elephant, of Siamese twins and cats, and, to the cinema-going public who remember "Anna and The K...

Fatal accidents in the North-West mining region of South Africa have increased significantly since 1999 (see Figure 11). During 2002 the North-West region experienced the worst ever year in terms of total fatalities, which is one indicator of safety performance*. The fatality rate (deaths per 1 000 employees) increased from 0.61 in 2001 to 0.86 in 20021. In 2003 it was again 0.63. However, the ...