Snakebite: An Exploratory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Adjunct Treatment Strategies. [PDF]
The cost-effectiveness of the standard of care for snakebite treatment, antivenom, and supportive care has been established in various settings. In this study, based on data from South Indian private health-care providers, we address an additional ...
Bulfone, Tommaso C+5 more
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The availability of effective, reliably accessible, and affordable treatments for snakebite envenoming is a critical and long unmet medical need. Recently, small, synthetic toxin-specific inhibitors with oral bioavailability used in conjunction with ...
M. Lewin+6 more
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Snakebite epidemiology, outcomes and multi-cluster risk modelling in Eswatini.
BackgroundHalving snakebite morbidity and mortality by 2030 requires countries to develop both prevention and treatment strategies. The paucity of data on the global incidence and severity of snakebite envenoming causes challenges in prioritizing and ...
Sara Padidar+14 more
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The management of a blood donor bitten by a snake [PDF]
The worldwide burden of snakebite is high and venomous snakes are found in many regions of the world and are a threat to public health. In Italy, for instance, viper bites are an infrequent but not negligible event.
Catalano, Liviana+5 more
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Situation of snakebite, antivenom market and access to antivenoms in ASEAN countries
Introduction Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease posing public health challenges globally. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are among the tropical regions with disproportionately high incidence of snakebite ...
C. Patikorn+19 more
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Machine-learning guided Venom Induced Dermonecrosis Analysis tooL: VIDAL
Snakebite envenoming is a global public health issue that causes significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in low-income regions of the world.
William Laprade+14 more
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Perspectives from MSF snakebite programme implementation in Agok, Abyei region, South Sudan [PDF]
Introduction: Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease affecting around five million people, causing more than 100,000 annual deaths, as well as serious disabilities; however, access to antivenom and high-quality programmatic care remain a global ...
Alcoba, Gabriel+6 more
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Trends in snakebite deaths in India from 2000 to 2019 in a nationally representative mortality study
The World Health Organization call to halve global snakebite deaths by 2030 will require substantial progress in India. We analyzed 2833 snakebite deaths from 611,483 verbal autopsies in the nationally representative Indian Million Death Study from 2001 ...
Wilson Suraweera+11 more
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Snakebite Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Recommendations for Clinical Practice
Snakebite is a significant and under-resourced global public health issue. Snake venoms cause a variety of potentially fatal clinical toxin syndromes, including venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) which is associated with major haemorrhage.
Tina Noutsos+3 more
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Mass Drug Administration and beyond: how can we strengthen health systems to deliver complex interventions to eliminate neglected tropical diseases? [PDF]
Achieving the 2020 goals for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) requires scale-up of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) which will require long-term commitment of national and global financing partners, strengthening national capacity and, at the community ...
Adams, ER+10 more
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