300,000 infested with jiggers in Western kenya

MORE than 300,000 people are infested by jiggers in Western Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross Society has said. Speaking at Homaline Primary School in Muhoroni during the launch of the World Red Cross day, the society's West Kenya regional manager Emanuel Owako said Siaya, Butere, Migori and Busia districts have high jigger infestation. “We will reach out to more than 500 primary schools with public information on personal hygiene, health promotion and jiggers' control in six months,” said the officer.The officer said they will distribute shoes to at least 300,000 Jigger infested and vulnerable...