TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategy for a globally coordinated response to a priority neglected tropical disease: Snakebite envenoming.
AU - Williams, David J.
AU - Faiz, Mohd Abul
AU - Abela-Ridder, Bernadette
AU - Ainsworth, Stuart
AU - Bulfone, Tommaso C.
AU - Nickerson, Andrea D.
AU - Habib, Abdulrazaq G.
AU - Junghanss, Thomas
AU - Fan, Hui Wen
AU - Turner, Michael
AU - Harrison, Robert
AU - Warrell, David A.
PY - 2019/2/21
Y1 - 2019/2/21
N2 - In one of his final essays, statesman and former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said, ‘Snakebite is the most important tropical disease you’ve never heard of’ [1]. Mr. Annan firmly believed that victims of snakebite envenoming should be recognised and afforded greater efforts at improved prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. During the last years of his life, he advocated strongly for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the global community to give greater priority to this disease of poverty and its victims.
AB - In one of his final essays, statesman and former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said, ‘Snakebite is the most important tropical disease you’ve never heard of’ [1]. Mr. Annan firmly believed that victims of snakebite envenoming should be recognised and afforded greater efforts at improved prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. During the last years of his life, he advocated strongly for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the global community to give greater priority to this disease of poverty and its victims.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007059
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007059
M3 - Article
SN - 1935-2727
VL - 13
SP - e0007059
JO - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
JF - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
IS - 2
M1 - e0007059
ER -
