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One of the most common neglected tropical skin diseases in Indonesia is scabies, commonly associated with overcrowding, poor hygiene and poor nutritional status. Boarding schools are at risk of harboring infected populations. As recurrence is common, non-medical personnel need to be involved in management of scabies. This study aimed to investigate how non-medical personnel, in this case, the boarding school teachers, could manage scabies in a boarding school in Indonesia. We trained the teachers using the education module for early scabies detection approach, namely DeSkab program, to be able to identify three major signs of scabies in the students. Impact of this approach was evaluated in 2017 and 2018 at a religious boarding school in Bogor, Indonesia involving 127 and 202 students, consecutively. An education module was given to 16 boarding school teachers expecting them to be able …