Bugisu sub-region has surpassed Busoga in jigger jigger infestations ... Manafwa and Namisindwa districts as being the most affected, adding that people in these districts live in hard-to-reach ...

It is just not his story; it is a tale of a region plagued by poverty, ignorance, negligence and-jiggers. Jiggers have proved to be an interminable menace in Busoga with reports of deaths in ...

Jiggers have reportedly affected all the nine districts of Busoga, affecting pupils’ performance at school and the adults economic output. The affected districts are Jinja, Bugiri ...

They can apply petrol and paraffin in places infested by jiggers and they die," Kakooza said. The most affected part of Uganda is the Busoga region in the east, 150 kilometers (90 miles ...

According to medics, the easiest solution to the problem is to promote sanitation in the affected communities. Jigger infestation has been reported in all the nine districts of Busoga of Jinja ...

Kamuli — Prince William Nadiope Gabula IV has launched a jigger eradication campaign in Busoga with a call for ... Ms Kadaga said jiggers affect government programmes like universal primary ...

Kampala — Elderly persons in Jinja have expressed concern over the increasing number of people infested with jiggers in Busoga region and called upon local leaders to support them in overcoming ...