BUSHENYI: JIGGERS HIT PARISHES OF BUMBAIRE, NUMBA

By Felix Twinomugisha

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In Bushenyi

A jigger epidemic has broken out in Bumbaire subcounty Bushenyi district leaving many suffering with the parasite.

While speaking to stakeholders during the budget conference held at Bushenyi multipurpose hall, the executive director West Ankole civil society Apollo Lee Kakonge noted that over 60 households were cited with the disease in Numba and Bumbaire parishes.

He called upon health sectors to visit the affected areas and sensitize the local population on sanitation.

He added that in some homes, human beings sleep under the same roof with domestic animals like sheep, goats, chicken cats and dogs which facilitate the spread of the disease.

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