Snakebites: how to avoid them and what to do if you’re bitten

Imagine walking into tall grass or working barefoot in a field … and suddenly feeling sharp pain on your foot. You’ve just been bitten by a snake. This is more than a moment of shock; it could be the ...
Devdiscourse

Himachal Pradesh Takes Critical Step in Snakebite Prevention

Himachal Pradesh has declared snakebite envenomation a notifiable disease in line with the National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming by 2030. This initiative aims to ...
AOL

Why You Should Never Treat a Snake Bite at Home

Snake envenomation statistics vary from region to region worldwide. In countries with limited or no access to antivenom, the risk of death from a venomous bite is significantly higher. Even in ...
The Print

Snakebite poisoning declared notifiable disease in Himachal

The Himachal Pradesh government has declared snakebite envenomation (poisoning) a notifiable disease in the state in consonance with the National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite ...
Médecins Sans Frontières Australia

South Sudan: Snakebite survivor tackles health promotion

Noon Makor Arop has been working with MSF since 2019, but became a snakebite patient in 2021. Since then, he has been promoting awareness about snakebite prevention and treatment as a health promotion ...

Doctors warn of snakebite risk in growing city outskirts, stress ‘golden hour’ treatment

Jaideep Menon, principal investigator of SARPA, was speaking at a workshop organised by NGO MANT on reducing snakebite deaths ...