The villagers of Waita, Mayuge Eastern Uganda have derogatorily nicknamed him the ant-hill of jiggers. Jiggers have made colonies in his gaunt wasting frame, crooked his toes and made a kingdom under his armpits.The vermin crawl up down his sore and back causing a jam as if his back were a super highway of pests.The pests have eaten a chunks of his body and left him deformed . His entire body is a feast of vermin.Musa’s body is characterized by festering sores.
Global Pathways to Success Uganda (GPSU) ,is teaching and engaging families and the community skills on body hygiene campaign in an intensified fight against jiggers.The initiative is building capacity for personal hygiene by using innovative and affordable means such as kitchen ash for feet washing to prevent jiggers as well as basic jigger treatment skills using hydrogen peroxide.
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Global Pathways to Success Uganda (GPSU) ,is teaching and engaging families and the community skills on body hygiene campaign in an intensified fight against jiggers.The initiative is building capacity for personal hygiene by using innovative and affordable means such as kitchen ash for feet washing to prevent jiggers as well as basic jigger treatment skills using hydrogen peroxide.
Full story:https://theinklusivepress.law.blog/2019/10/30/local-initiative-leads-the-community-to-combat-an-epidemic-of-tungiasis-a-neglected-disease-that-has-taken-toll-on-children-and-caused-social-exclusion-and-impaired-learning-in-eastern-uganda-photo/