Nigeria: Inmates Treated After Outbreak of Scabies in Nigerian Prison

18 January 2017

About 53 of the 669 inmates of the Central Prison in Gombe have been treated for scabies, following an outbreak of the disease at the facility.

The Director of Public Health in the state, Joshua Abubakar, disclosed this on Wednesday at a ceremony to flag off a programme to curb the spread of the disease among the inmates.

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