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About National Bug Busting Day

United Kingdom
EVENT NAME:
Bug Busting Day, Ntl. (UK)
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Animals Fish Insect & Birds , Health
Environment Space & The Outdoors , United Kingdom & Ireland
Dates Active:
Begins: Jan 31, 2023
Ends: Jan 31, 2023
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National Bug Busting Day occurs three times per year in the United Kingdom: January, June, and October. It is a concentrated effort to stem the tide of lice infections within schools and the general population. Through the registered charity Community Hygiene Concern, the government teaches parents, educators, and pharmacists how to detect and stop the spread of head lice and provides affordable Bug Busting kits.

Community Bug Busting Days were started by the late Dr. RJ Donaldson, affectionately known as Paddy. Dr. Donaldson demonstrated in the 1970s that an intensive detection/treatment campaign dramatically cut the prevalence of head lice. He was the tireless mentor of the Bug Busting Days organized by Community Hygiene Concern, taking a personal interest from 1986 in our development of wet detection methods in preference to less effective dry or damp methods. Today Bug Busting Days are organized in partnership with the Department of Health.

Lice are a big problem in schools. Once they infect an individual, these parasites can be very difficult to get rid of. The following are some facts:

The eggs of head lice usually take seven to ten days to hatch.

Combing dry or damp hair with a fine-tooth comb is not a reliable way to detect lice.

Metal combs are not suitable for louse detection because these combs are primarily nit combs. Lice caught between the tightly spaced teeth remain unnoticed against the metal and can be combed back into the hair unharmed at subsequent strokes.

No studies prove that wet head lice grasp hairs more tightly, thus hampering their removal with a fine-tooth comb.

Head-to-head contact is not necessary to catch lice—close contact is enough.

Head lice are a community problem. Approximately 20% of head lice cases occur in people over 16 or under four years old.

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Dec 16, 2022

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