{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(11)"],"submitter":["Aron MB"],"funding":["Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","Wagner Foundation","Wellcome Trust"],"pubmed_abstract":["Snakebite envenoming remains a public health threat in many African countries, including Malawi. However, there is a shortage of literature on the knowledge of Health Care Workers (HCWs) and the prevalence of snakebite cases in Malawi. We interviewed HCWs in Neno District to assess their knowledge of snake identification and management of snakebites. We further reviewed patient registers from 2018 to 2021 in all 15 health facilities in the district. We used descriptive statistics to characterize the survey population, knowledge, snake antivenom (SAV) administration, and snake identification. Using \"shapefiles\" from Open Street Maps, we mapped villages with snakebite cases. Of the 105 HCWs interviewed, 58% were males, and 60% had worked for less than five years. The majority (n = 93, 89%) r"],"journal":["PLoS neglected tropical diseases"],"pagination":["e0010841"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9678285"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Health care workers' knowledge on identification, management and treatment of snakebite cases in rural Malawi: A descriptive study."],"pmcid":["PMC9678285"],"pubmed_authors":["Matanje BL","Mailosi B","Momba G","Kachimanga C","Kreuels B","Aron MB","Blessmann J","Rosenthal A","Ndarama E","Sambani C","Kambalame DM","Munyaneza F","Chunga M","Connolly E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Health care workers' knowledge on identification, management and treatment of snakebite cases in rural Malawi: A descriptive study.","description":"Snakebite envenoming remains a public health threat in many African countries, including Malawi. However, there is a shortage of literature on the knowledge of Health Care Workers (HCWs) and the prevalence of snakebite cases in Malawi. We interviewed HCWs in Neno District to assess their knowledge of snake identification and management of snakebites. We further reviewed patient registers from 2018 to 2021 in all 15 health facilities in the district. We used descriptive statistics to characterize the survey population, knowledge, snake antivenom (SAV) administration, and snake identification. Using \"shapefiles\" from Open Street Maps, we mapped villages with snakebite cases. Of the 105 HCWs interviewed, 58% were males, and 60% had worked for less than five years. The majority (n = 93, 89%) r","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T00:34:40.907Z","creation":"2025-04-07T11:41:03.207Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9678285","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36409666"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pntd.0010841"]}}