GSI-USA is a nonprofit supporting programs to reduce the scourge of snakebite by educating communities, training health workers & improving treatments globally.
Venomous #SnakeBite is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency due to snakebite envenoming following the bite of a snake 🐍
It can also be caused by having the snake venom sprayed into the eyes https://t.co/J1SLOnPZUV
Today is #SnakeBite Awareness Day.
Q: What should I do if someone is bitten by a venomous snake 🐍?
A:
⏱️ Time is essential - seek medical care without delay
💉 Get antivenom within 4-6 hours after bite
‼️ Immobilize the bitten person and keep them from moving around at all
🫁 If possible place them on their side to help protect their airway and breathing
https://t.co/vuv8Quunfu
A huge shout-out to the Lilian Lincoln Foundation , Taylor Ashae Antivenom Foundation, Watamu Snake Farm & @GlobalSnakebite for inaugurating the snakebite research centre.
@DrSoumyadeepB There is a WHO plan to improve access to antivenoms in selected African countries. There will be a need to mobilise significant resources. I haven't seen many donors stepping in...
There's a big diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria and money is needed to procure antitoxin and vaccines.
This sums up our unwavering drive to turn the tide for those who suffer from #snakebite
Inspiring 2 days @WHO as global partners unite to #beatNTDs & #EndtheNeglect to hit 2030 target. Partnerships and commitment from govt’s in affected countries will make us #StrongerTogether
Wrapping up 2 days of the @WHO Global NTDs Partners’ Meeting in Geneva, on behalf of @wellcometrust.
👉🏻 Tons of ambition, positive energy, familiar faces, which means huge homework ahead for all of us.
But we remain #100percentCommitted: stronger together towards 2030
Congrats to the high honor bestowed upon Vadivel & Masi of the Irulas Snakecatchers Cooperative. Their work along w all Irula tribeswomen & men to catch venomous snakes & extract venoms has been a major contribution to India’s AV production. Watch their special ceremony!
@otis_reid@cleanandgritty A great piece! To add to that, this was pub’d yesterday by our clinical advisor https://t.co/HrFzdGhPbq adding the need to modernize antivenom design & complexities of SB management. Community education & health worker training are effective interventions to reduce burden now.
Once again thinking about this truly crazy statistic: estimated ~lifetime risk of dying of snakebite in India is 1 in 250 (and close to 1 in 100 in a handful of areas). https://t.co/0h1lXEyYwT
Good punchline by Pr Jörg Blessmann in introduction of #SnakebiteMeeting held by @SBE_Research
"In 2010, when you asked for funding for snakebite, people laughed at you. Now some progress has been made; today when you ask for funding, people just smile."
#BeatNTDs 🐍
Ah...to hear the voice of a good friend and partner... his guiding words bring joy on this #SnakebiteAwarenessDay - a day he enthusiastically was behind in Kenya!
Snakebite is arguably one of our biggest hidden health crisis. Antivenom is the only effective way of treating a venomous snakebite. A snippet of a documentary we did about snakebites, antivenom production & snake conservation. Voice of the late R. Taylor
#snakebiteawarenessday
#Snakebites are a real problem in Northern #Ethiopia, the home of 20 species of venomous snakes🐍.
In the past two months the @MSF medical team in Abdurafi, Northern Ethiopia, treated over 2⃣7⃣0⃣ people, victims of snakebite.
#snakebiteday22#ISBAD
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