A comprehensive approach to managing a neglected, neglected tropical disease; The Myanmar Snakebite Project (MSP).

ABSTRACT: Snakebite is predominantly an occupational disease affecting poor rural farmers in tropical regions and was recently added to the World Health Organisation list of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). We document an overview of methodologies developed and deployed in the Myanmar Snakebite Project, a foreign aid project largely funded by the Australian Government, with the core aim to "improve outcomes for snakebite patients". A multidisciplinary team of experts was assembled that worked in a collaborative manner with colleagues in Myanmar, first to identify problems related to managing snakebite and then develop interventions aimed to improve selected problem areas. A broad approach was adopted, covering antivenom production, antivenom distribution and health system management of snakebite.

SUBMITTER: White J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285917 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature