Bugisu sub-region has surpassed Busoga in jigger jigger infestations, according to a report by Sole Hope Uganda, a Non-Governmental Organisation handling Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), with a ...

The prime preventive measure of the jigger or sand flea is observing cleanliness. Wearing of shoes should also be encouraged to ensure that the flea does not find entry into one’s feet. In infested ...

INSECT bites are a not-so-pleasant souvenir many of us bring back from our holidays. And it can often be hard to figure what kind of creepy crawly has left us with such a memento. You'll now receive ...

Kampala — WHEN the Tororo resident district commissioner, Samuel Mpimbaza Hashaka, attributed the district's low performance in the 2007 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) to jiggers, many treated his ...

Bomet County, in collaboration with the Kenya Red Cross, has intensified its efforts to eradicate jigger infestations within the county. Joseph Sitonik, the County Executive Committee Member for ...

Kiambu, Kenya: The rampant jigger infestation in Central Kenya has been blamed on high consumption of illicit brews in the area. Ahadi Kenya Trust CEO Stanley Kamau said the illicit brew menace in the ...

Kigoma — Like most things historical, there are varying versions of how jiggers first came to Kigoma and many other places in Tanzania and the whole of East Africa, where the parasites are a big ...

Officials from the Iganga Branch of the Uganda Red Cross, treating a 70 year old widow, Rukia Nangobi, as part of a sanitation campaign against jiggers. PHOTO BY YAZID YOLISIGIRA. The health minister ...