In September 1872, the Thomas Mitchell, a lone British vessel, sailed from Brazil carrying sand ballast. It docked at the African port of Ambriz in Angola, which was then famous for ivory, coffee, and ...

The physical effects are awful as the person has to live in constant discomfort and ill health as jiggers continue to feed on their blood. For children, it is doubly painful as the jiggers invade more ...

WHEN the Tororo resident district commissioner, Samuel Mpimbaza Hashaka, attributed the district’s low performance in the 2007 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) to jiggers, many treated his remarks ...

Twelve-year-old Napilu Patrick said he could no longer walk to his primary school about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) from his home because jiggers were infecting his feet and causing deep wounds. Apart ...

Sole Hope is an organisation determined to eradicate jiggers from Busoga sub-region using a door-to-door campaign where they offer treatment and educate locals on how to stay jigger free. Under the ...

A policy paper prepared by Health ministry officials and a local non-governmental agency says more than three million Kenyans are infested with jiggers, most of them in counties that are home to ...

If there is one Africa-wide campaign that should be done, it is to force those nations that led to the dumping of this vermin on the continent to finance its eradication. Today, the jiggers remain a ...