A regional initiative to reduce skin infections amongst aboriginal children living in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia.

Linked to extreme rates of chronic heart and kidney disease, pyoderma is endemic amongst Aboriginal children in Australia's Northern Territory (NT). Many of those with pyoderma will also have scabies. We report the results of a community-based collaboration within the East Arnhem Region, which aimed to reduce the prevalence of both skin infections in Aboriginal children.Commencing September 2004, we conducted an ecological study that included active surveillance for skin infections amongst children aged