By Sylvia Wamalwa | Programs Manager
John is an 8-year-old student at Limuru Mission School in Kiambu County. He is the 4th child in a family of 7 children, one girl and 6 boys. John’s mother is a house wife and his father is a casual worker who works away from their home town in the city.
During a recent checkup at his school, John was diagnosed with scabies. The medical practitioner who tended to him prescribed a salve which he will apply on his skin to cure the disease. Because of the nature of the disease, which is highly contagious and because John lives in close quarters with a number of siblings, she also made a point to follow up with John’s mum to ensure that none of his siblings also have scabies as well as discuss with her how to care for him.
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