The timing is right to end snakebite deaths in South Asiaстатья из журнала
Аннотация: Regional collaboration is crucial to end preventable deaths and disability from snakebites in South Asia, say Ravikar Ralph and colleagues ### Key messages Five million snakebites occur globally each year, causing between 81 000 and 138 000 deaths and nearly 400 000 amputations and other permanent disabilities.1 South Asia has the highest incidence of venomous snakebites in the world.2 Within the region, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka together constitute nearly 70% of global snakebite mortality.3 The World Health Organization recognised snakebite as a neglected tropical disease in 2017, giving it high priority for large scale action and research.4 A resolution passed in the World Health Assembly in May 2018 urged member states to step up efforts to tackle snakebite.56 It is important that regional mitigation efforts in South Asia reflect these objectives. In this paper, we explore the determinants of poor clinical outcomes with snakebite in South Asia and propose priority actions for governments to achieve the vision of zero deaths from snakebite. The region is a biodiversity hotspot for venomous snake species. The sociodemographic and occupational profile of the population contributes to increased risk of snake-human encounters. Snakebites are largely an agrarian occupational hazard in South Asia. Box 1 describes the medically important snake species in South Asia and demographic profile of groups commonly affected. Box 1 ### Snakebite: the scenario in South Asia #### Venomous snake speciesRETURN TO TEXT
Год издания: 2019
Авторы: Ravikar Ralph, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Mohammad Abul Faiz, Isabela Ribeiro, Suman Rijal, François Chappuis, Ulrich Kuch
Издательство: BMJ
Источник: BMJ
Ключевые слова: Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Rabies epidemiology and control
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