title: Priority Actions and Progress to Substantially and Sustainably Reduce the Mortality, Morbidity and Socioeconomic Burden of Tropical Snakebite.
abstract: The deliberations and conclusions of a Hinxton Retreat convened in September 2015, entitled "Mechanisms to reverse the public health neglect of snakebite victims" are reported. The participants recommended that the following priority actions be included in strategies to reduce the global impact of snake envenoming: (a) collection of accurate global snakebite incidence, mortality and morbidity data to underpin advocacy efforts and help design public health campaigns; (b) promotion of (i) public education prevention campaigns; (ii) transport systems to improve access to hospitals and (iii) establishment of regional antivenom-efficacy testing facilities to ensure antivenoms' effectiveness and safety;
authors.affiliation: Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical, Liverpool L35QA, UK. Robert.Harrison@lstmed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.affiliation: Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica. jose.gutierrez@ucr.ac.cr.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009017:Morbidity; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014330:Tropical Medicine
chemical_list: D000997:Antivenins
keywords: antivenoms; envenoming; global snakebite initiative; neglected tropical disease; prevention; snakebite