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The timing is right to end snakebite deaths in South Asia

ContributorsRalph, Ravikar; Sharma, Sanjib Kumar; Faiz, Mohammad Abul; Ribeiro, Isabela; Rijal, Suman; Chappuis, François; Kuch, Ulrich

Published inBMJ, vol. 364, k5317

Publication date2019

Abstract

Regional collaboration is crucial to end preventable deaths and disability from snakebites in South Asia, say Ravikar Ralph and colleagues

Keywords

Antidotes/supply & distribution/therapeutic use
Antivenins/adverse effects/therapeutic use
Bangladesh/epidemiology
Clinical Competence
Epidemiological Monitoring
Health Education
Humans
Immunologic Factors/supply & distribution/therapeutic use
India/epidemiology
Nepal/epidemiology
Pakistan/epidemiology
Quality of Health Care
Snake Bites/diagnosis/drug therapy/mortality/prevention & control
Sri Lanka/epidemiology
Time-to-Treatment

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

Citation (ISO format)

RALPH, Ravikar et al. The timing is right to end snakebite deaths in South Asia. In: BMJ, 2019, vol. 364, p. k5317. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k5317

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PID : unige:136102
DOI : 10.1136/bmj.k5317
PMID : 30670457

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6340368/

ISSN of the journal0959-8138

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