13-11
This comic strip, or ‘picture story’, is from the Voluntary Health Association of India
edition of Where There Is No Doctor.
This boy has
scabies.
He slept next to his
brother on the same cot.
The next day, the
mother uses the
boys’ blanket.
She also gets scabies.
His brother has now
got scabies.
She holds her crying
baby in her arms.
The baby now gets
scabies.
The boys sit next to
friends in school.
These friends also get
scabies.
Teaching idea:
Try showing this comic strip to a group of health workers, mothers, or children.
Discuss with them what the family in the story could do to stop the problem from
spreading. Then have the group make their own picture story about a common
problem in their area.
Note: People will find stories more real and more interesting if the characters have
names (instead of just being called ‘this boy’ and ‘the mother’). Try to make the people
in the story seem as lifelike as possible.