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National healthy skin guidelines for Indigenous Australians: the impact of dog health programs requires evaluation
Author(s) -
Schultz Rosalie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50118
Subject(s) - scabies , sarcoptes scabiei , medicine , dermatology , indigenous , transmission (telecommunications) , ivermectin , moxidectin , outbreak , veterinary medicine , biology , pathology , ecology , electrical engineering , engineering
To the Editor: Skin disease contributes to the health disadvantage of Indigenous Australians, and the recent publication of the healthy skin guidelines is welcome.1 Scabies is a significant health problem for some remote Indigenous communities, and the healthy skin guidelines describe a series of communitybased scabies control programs. These programs resulted in initial reductions in prevalence of scabies, but they were not sustained, as human scabies was eventually reintroduced.1