Stakeholder perspectives from 15 countries in Africa on barriers in snakebite envenoming research and the potential role of research hubs.

ABSTRACT: Snakebite envenoming is a debilitating neglected tropical disease disproportionately affecting the rural poor in low and middle-income countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. Critical questions and gaps in public health and policy need to be addressed if major progress is to be made towards reducing the negative impact of snakebite, particularly in the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa region. We engaged key stakeholders to identify barriers to evidence-based snakebite decision making and to explore how development of research and policy hubs could help to overcome these barriers. We conducted an electronic survey among 73 stakeholders from ministries of health, health facilities, academia and non-governmental organizations from 15 countries in the WHO Africa region. The primary bar

SUBMITTER: Stienstra Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10752511 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature