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Knowledge of health workers on snakes and snakebite management and treatment seeking behavior of snakebite victims in Bhutan.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
BackgroundPublished information on snakebite is rare in Bhutan although remarkably higher number of snakebites and associated deaths are reported from other South Asian countries.Aims and methodologyStructured questionnaire was used to collect knowledge ...
Sunil Sapkota   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health care workers’ knowledge on identification, management and treatment of snakebite cases in rural Malawi: A descriptive study

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Snakebite envenoming remains a public health threat in many African countries, including Malawi. However, there is a shortage of literature on the knowledge of Health Care Workers (HCWs) and the prevalence of snakebite cases in Malawi.
M. Aron   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Top 10 Public Health Challenges for 2024: Charting a New Direction for Global Health Security

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2025.
The top 10 public health challenges for 2024 emphasize the need for a unified global approach to address infectious diseases, health disparities, climate change, mental health, substance use, reproductive health, food safety, emerging technologies, healthcare costs, and global collaboration.
Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno III   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where did Venomous Snakes Strike? A Spatial Statistical Analysis of Snakebite Cases in Bondowoso Regency, Indonesia

open access: yesHayati Journal of Biosciences, 2018
Snakebite envenomation in Indonesia is a health burden that receives no attention from stakeholders. The high mortality and morbidity rate caused by snakebite in Indonesia is estimated from regional reports.
Farid Rifaie, Tri Maharani, Amir Hamidy
doaj   +1 more source

Cement and displacement

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 31-43, February 2025.
Abstract Displaced people have not escaped war and do not live apart from it. This is evident in the material life of internally displaced Iraqi farmers seeking refuge in a concrete construction site, downstream from a cement‐processing plant in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Kali Rubaii
wiley   +1 more source

Vulnerability to snakebite envenoming and access to healthcare in the Terai region of Nepal: A geospatial analysisResearch in context

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 2023
Summary: Background: Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that mainly affects poor populations in rural areas. In hyperendemic regions, prevention could partially reduce the constant risk, but the population still needs timely access to ...
Carlos Ochoa   +8 more
doaj  

Snakebites in Paraíba, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2005
The epidemiological data on snakebites in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, is scarce. This accounts for the difficulties in helping the victims. Hence, to obtain the clinical and epidemic profile of the snakebite accidents in Paraíba, we studied the number of cases recorded in this state between January 1995 and December 2000.
Albuquerque, H. N.   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Clinical and epidemiological profile of snakebite cases – A study from an industrial teaching hospital at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Introduction: India accounts for approximately half of the worldwide snakebite deaths. It is often a neglected public health problem and particularly in Jharkhand region where medical facilities are limited.
B. Satyanarayan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sir Henry Parkes and the Relationships That Enabled Nightingale Nursing to Advance Mental Healthcare in Nineteenth Century Australia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Volume 34, Issue 1, February 2025.
ABSTRACT This position paper explores famous colonial Australian politician Sir Henry Parkes use of relationships to reform colonial Australian mental healthcare by facilitating the integration of Nightingale‐trained nurses into hospitals for the insane in the late nineteenth century.
Toby Raeburn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dealing with snakebite in rural Cameroon: A qualitative investigation among victims and traditional healers

open access: yesToxicon: X, 2021
Background: Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) affecting rural and remote populations globally, who are additionally burdened by poverty and the lack of effective healthcare systems.
Manon Chuat   +7 more
doaj  

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