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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  

Geographic Information System mapping of snakebite incidence in northern Ghana and Nigeria using environmental indicators: a preliminary study.

open access: yes, 2003
Snakebite is an important health problem in many parts of rural West Africa where the carpet or sawscaled viper, Echis ocellatus, is responsible for most of the morbidity and mortality.
Harrison, Robert   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Acacetin reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress through the P‐eNOS/PERK signaling pathway to attenuate MGO‐induced vascular endothelial cell dysfunction

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, Volume 15, Issue 5, Page 793-809, May 2025.
We investigated a potential protective effect of acacetin, a naturally occurring flavonoid, against methylglyoxal (MGO)‐induced endothelial dysfunction in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and its mechanism of action. Acacetin can could inhibit MGO‐induced intracellular calcium ion influx, enhance the expression levels of phosphorylated ...
Zhen Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2023

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 553-569, May 2025.
Abstract Objective The Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) highlights the highest‐quality research addressing emergency care in resource‐limited settings (ECRLS). This 18th edition reviews global emergency medicine (GEM) literature published during 2023.
Braden J. Hexom   +76 more
wiley   +1 more source

Snakebite envenoming in Africa remains widely neglected and demands multidisciplinary attention

open access: yesNature Communications
Snakebite envenoming can cause morbidity, permanent disability or death but treatment and prevention thereof remains highly inadequate in Africa. Overcoming structural and financial barriers that impede existing initiatives to improve medical management ...
Philipp Berg   +4 more
doaj   +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, 2017
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

Burden and risk factors of snakebite in Mopeia, Mozambique: Leveraging larger malaria trials to generate data of this neglected tropical disease.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundSnakebite is a neglected disease that disproportionally affects the rural poor. There is a dearth of evidence regarding incidence and risk factors in snakebite-endemic countries.
Emma O'Bryan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Determining Bangladeshi University Students' Perception, Knowledge and Attitude About Climate Change: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Climate change refers to long‐term shifts in weather patterns and is one of the greatest global threats. Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable countries, facing severe climate‐induced events. Understanding climate change is crucial for identifying risks, developing adaptation strategies, and mitigating long‐term impacts ...
Md. Mahadi Hassan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of ultrasonography to the diagnosis of internal bleeding in snakebite envenomation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: In Africa, snakebite envenomations are frequently complicated by life-threatening hemorrhagic syndromes. The authors of the present study conducted a prospective analysis at the University Hospital of Parakou (north of Benin) for seven months
Aguemon, A. R.   +6 more
core   +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

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