The Prevalence of skin Diseases among Pupils in Some Selected Primary Schools in Kano state, Nigeria

The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of some skin diseases among pupils in primary schools, in this case, class five students aged between 12 – 16 years were used. Skin diseases which include athlete’s foot, ringworm and scabies which are common on African children were studied. A simple questionnaire The was designed and administered to each of the randomly selected pupils, in addition, the pupils were also interviewed to establish a relationship between their responses and what the interviewer gathered and observed from the pupils body as these diseases can be seen physically by the interviewer. Out of the 500 pupils sampled, one hundred and fourty seven (147) an equivalent of 24.9 % suffered from one or two of these diseases.