Title: The Global Snake Bite Initiative: an antidote for snake bite
Abstract: 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 suffering 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. Snake bite: time to stop the neglectA Series about neglected tropical diseases, for which David Molyneux provided advice and helped to coordinate, starts in The Lancet today. These diseases affect people in the bottom billion, the poorest in the world. Additionally, snake bite , which was added to WHO's list of neglected tropical diseases in April, 2009, is discussed by David Warrell in a Seminar and by David Williams, from the perspective of the Global Snake Bite Initiative, in a Viewpoint. Like the other diseases on WHO's list, snake bite affects mainly the poorest people in the world; however, unlike the others, it is a non-communicable disease. Full-Text PDF
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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