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Andy Lee caught it, Jen Law thought she had it, and now a supermodel can't stop talking about it.

We need to talk to you about something…

Andy Lee just caught it…

Not happy Jan…

 

Jennifer Lawrence thought she had it…

It was a close encounter.

 

…and Australian supermodel and Dancing With The Stars contestant Samantha Harris has just dedicated her latest fashion spread to it.

Harris has appeared in today’s Sunday Style magazine sporting tattoos for the organisation One Disease and its scabies awareness campaign, #InkForGood.

Unlike Andy Lee — who thought he had scabies when it was just an itch — and JLaw — as always, just goofing around — Samantha Harris is aware of the real dangers of this preventable disease.

Image: Instagram.

Scabies is capable of cutting the lives of Indigenous kids short by up to 20 years, if not treated properly.

Sarah from One Disease works with 28 remote and Indigenous communities in Australia’s top end. She says seven in 10 children will contract scabies before the age of one.

She explains that while this disease is easily treated in many parts of the nation, it has reached hyper-endemic proportions among Australia’s Indigenous population.

Read more: The common bug that can cut life expectancy.

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“Scabies is very contagious and is spread through skin-to-skin contact,” Sarah told Mamamia

“In remote Indigenous communities, small, communal housing makes it a hard issue to get on top of. If one person is treated for scabies, it might only be a matter of weeks before they get it again.”

While the itch can be torturous in itself, if left untreated, scabies can contribute to rheumatic fever and heart disease and kidney failure — commonly fatal diseases among Aboriginal Australians.

One Disease and its #InkForGood campaign hopes to raise awareness of scabies, and contribute to the work they do with medical centres in remote Australia.

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“We have the worst life expectancy gap in the world. That’s something that all Australians should care about and take responsibility for,” Sarah said.

“Most people don’t know this problem exists. But in the far pockets of Australia, people are suffering and they don’t have a voice and they need to be heard.”

One Disease is Harris’ charity of choice on this season of Dancing With The Stars, premiering tonight on Channel Seven.

Keep an eye out for her #InkForGood tattoo.

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