9.4. Hygiene measures and health education

Poverty, lack of hygiene, and promiscuity, so frequent in refugee camps, are factors favourable to the propagation of scabies. Children are particularly affected.

A programme to improve personal hygiene among primary school children should be set up in refugee camps in co-operation with UNICEF. The installation of rain-water collection systems in schools could provide the water necessary to wash school children and their clothing.

When treating with acaricides, clothing can be boiled to eliminate any parasites.