Anti-parasitic drug to treat scabies on mass scale in Solomon Islands (IMAGE)

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Anti-parasitic drug to treat scabies on mass scale in Solomon Islands

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An anti-parasitic drug will be rolled out on mass scale in the Solomon Islands to prevent scabies, a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition that affects a third of the nation’s children.

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Murdoch Children's Research Institute

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