Jigger Treatment & Health Outreach

Overview

Tungiasis (jigger flea infestation) is a painful and stigmatising neglected tropical disease that disproportionately affects children and the elderly in rural Kenya. Our Jigger Treatment Program addresses this through a comprehensive approach: mobile outreach camps that provide safe extraction and treatment, distribution of shoes and socks to prevent reinfection, and hygiene education that tackles the root environmental causes.

What We Provide

• Mobile treatment camps in remote communities
• Safe jigger extraction and wound care
• Distribution of protective shoes and socks
• Hygiene and sanitation education workshops
• Follow-up home visits to prevent reinfection
• Referral pathways for secondary infections