Snakebite envenoming in humanitarian crises and migration: A scoping review and the Medecins Sans Frontieres experience.

ABSTRACT: Snakebite envenoming is a public health concern in many countries affected by humanitarian crises. Its magnitude was recognized internationally but associations between snakebite peaks and humanitarian crises were never clearly established or analysed. This scoping review searched any available evidence of this hypothesized association between snakebite types of crises, through PubMed/Medline by two researchers. The search also included hand searching, and reports from humanitarian organizations working in this area. The scoping review yielded 41 results. None described a robust epidemiological link or evidence of causality. There is an evidence gap regarding our research question. Several publications however point or hint towards the occurrence of snakebite outbreaks during conflict, dis

SUBMITTER: Alcoba G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8718667 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature