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Notably, public health education is important for containing as well as reducing disease outbreaks in communities. The Caputo fractional derivative is utilised in defining the model governing equations. Model equilibrium points existence and stability are investigated using simple matrix algebra. Model analysis shows that tungiasis is contained when the reproduction number is less than unity. Otherwise, if it is greater than unity, the disease persists and spread in the population. The generalised Adams-Bashforth-Moulton approach is utilised in solving the derived tungiasis model numerically. The impacts of public health education, treatment and contact rate on overall disease dynamics are discussed through numerical simulations. From the simulations, we see that for given fractional order, public health education and treatment increase the quality of life plus reduce equilibrium numbers of tungiasis-infected individuals. 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