Working with remote communities to eliminate Crusted Scabies

One Disease is a non-profit organisation with a core mission of eliminating Crusted Scabies as a public health concern in the Northern Territory.

 

Scabies underlies many skin infections in the NT’s remote indigenous communities. These infections  can in turn lead to sepsis, Acute Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease, and chronic kidney disease

 

This Podcast series - ‘Scratching the Surface - the Scabies Story’ is part of One Disease’s commitment to provide Scabies and Crusted Scabies education to health services in both remote communities and urban settings.

 

In this episode, our guest is Meg Scolyer, Senior Public Health Nurse with One Disease. Meg’s role involves working in partnership with communities to develop locally owned strategies for creating scabies free zones.  

 

Your hosts in Darwin’s ‘Studio G’ are Brad Firebrace from Skinnyfish Music and One Disease’s Geoffrey ‘Jacko’ Angeles.

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