Nature Communications (Nov 2024)

Snakebite envenoming in Africa remains widely neglected and demands multidisciplinary attention

  • Philipp Berg,
  • Francois Theart,
  • Marcel van Driel,
  • Esta L. Saaiman,
  • Lise-Bethy Mavoungou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54070-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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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 and mitigate human-snake conflict is urgently needed.