The Global Snake Bite Initiative: an antidote for snake bite
Clinicians have for a long time witnessed the tragedy of injury, disability, and death from snake bite that is a daily occurrence in many parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. To many people living in these regions, including some of the world’s poorest communities, snake bite is an ever pr...
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| Format: | Artículo |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(09)61159-4.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10669/29331 |
| Summary: | Clinicians have for a long time witnessed the tragedy of
injury, disability, and death from snake bite that is a daily
occurrence in many parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin
America. To many people living in these regions,
including some of the world’s poorest communities,
snake bite is an ever present occupational risk and
environmental hazard, an additional penalty of poverty.
Like malaria, dengue, tuberculosis, and parasitic diseases,
the risk of snake bite is always present. Unlike many of
these other public health risks, however, the burden of
human suff ering caused by snake bite remains unrecognised,
invisible, and unheard by the global public
health community, forgotten by development agencies
and governments alike. The problem is so underrated
that it was only added to WHO’s list of neglected tropical
diseases in April, 2009. |
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