Using community health centers to mitigate the impact of snakebite envenoming in low resource areas
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Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Using community health centers to mitigate the impact of snakebite envenoming in low resource areas
Principal Institution
Duke University
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Gerardo, Charles John
Project Contact Information
Email:
charles.gerardo@duke.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2021-2023
Country
Brazil
Project Description
Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a neglected tropical disease that affects 2.7 million people, mostly in low-resource areas, with up to 138,000 deaths, and approximately 400,000 permanent disabilities annually. Antivenom is a safe, efficacious, time-dependent, and evidence-based treatment, but availability and timely access to this standard of care is inadequate, especially in low-resource areas where SBE is more likely to occur. This project will develop and evaluate an innovative multimodal intervention to improve SBE care, including decentralized antivenom distribution among the existing community healthcare network in the Brazilian Amazon.
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