Snakebite - World Health Organization (WHO) Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by toxins in the bite of a venomous snake Envenoming can also be caused by having venom sprayed into the eyes by certain species of snakes that have the ability to spit venom as a defence measure
Snakebite envenoming - World Health Organization (WHO) WHO fact sheet on snake antivenoms with key facts and providing information on global situation, challenges producing antivenoms, weak health systems and lack of data and WHO action
Snakebite envenoming - World Health Organization (WHO) Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life-threatening disease that typically results from the injection of a mixture of different toxins (“venom”) following the bite of a venomous snake
Snakebite envenoming - World Health Organization (WHO) Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life-threatening disease that typically results from the injection of a mixture of different toxins (“venom”) following the bite of a venomous snake Envenoming can also be caused by having venom sprayed into the eyes by certain species of snakes that have the ability to spit venom as a defense measure
Snakebite Information and Data Platform Snakebite envenoming As part of its 2019–2030 global strategy for the prevention and control of snakebite envenoming, WHO is launching a new Snakebite Information and Data Platform This is the result of collaboration between the Departments of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (WHO NTD) and Data Delivery for Impact Analytics (WHO DDI)
Guidelines for the management of snakebites, 2nd edition The incidence of snakebite mortality is particularly high in South-East Asia Rational use of snake anti-venom can substantially reduce mortality and morbidity due to snakebites These guidelines are a revised and updated version of Regional Guidelines for the Management of snakebites published by the WHO Regional Office in South-East Asia in 2011
Snakebite envenoming -- A strategy for prevention and control A comprehensive strategy -- For millions of men, women and children around the world, the risk of snakebite is a daily concern as they go about their everyday activities – walking to school, tending gardens, herding livestock, fetching water or simply going to the toilet – where a misplaced step, a momentary lapse of concentration or being
Improving treatment for snakebite patients Raise awareness of snakebite rehabilitation: Increasing awareness of snakebite envenoming as an important public health problem with organizations that work with disabled people in the developing world is essential to improving access and equity for victims
Preventing and controlling snakebite envenoming However, snakebite envenoming can be effectively controlled and its physical, psychological and socioeconomic impacts reduced through innovative and intensified disease management, commensurate investment in new diagnostic, treatment and control tools, and improved access to a well-regulated portfolio of safe, affordable and clinically
Snakebite envenoming India Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by toxins in the bite of a venomous snake