Australian doctors lead mass antiparasitic rollout in Pacific

Ivermectin is being given to all residents of the Solomon Islands in a bid to cut scabies by 90%

Australian doctors are leading a mass rollout of ivermectin in the Solomon Islands in the world’s first population-wide program to treat and prevent scabies. 

The antiparasitic will be delivered to more than 700,000 inhabitants of the Pacific archipelago over the next few months.