"I sold my towel and shoes to pay the traditional healer": Care-seeking costs and productivity losses among snakebite victims in Eastern Province, Rwanda.

• Main Authors: Janna M Schurer (Author), Mahlet Tadesse Admasu (Author), Mihigo Bonaventure (Author), Dieudonne Hakizimana (Author), Elijah Murara (Author), Lauren E MacDonald (Author), Ellen Rafferty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Snakebite envenomation (SBE) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and generally over-represented in rural, remote, and impoverished agricultural communities. While poverty is an established risk factor, little research has been done to investigate the economic consequences of SBE. This cross-sectional,...