Infested with jigger flees
Channel: MiCT International
Date: 27/06/2016

In Uganda’s Bweyale refugees from South Sudan, mainly children, suffer from ‘jigger’ fleas, causing swelling, itching, ulceration and infection. Tunga penetrans, also known as jiggers or chigoe fleas, is a parasitic insect found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates. The sand fleas burrow into the skin and lay eggs, causing swelling, itching and infection which can lead to amputation and even death in the worst cases. For The Niles, Bonifacio Taban travelled to Bweyale and filed this video report: