Perspectives from MSF snakebite programme implementation in Agok, Abyei region, South Sudan

• Main Authors: Mohammed Said (Author), Enrique Valdespino (Author), Samson Paul Baba (Author), Richard Lako (Author), Alexandra Malm (Author), Alan Gonzalez (Author), Gabriel Alcoba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Every five minutes, somebody dies from a snakebite. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 5.4 million people get bitten worldwide every year and around 81,000 to 138,000 people die each year because of snake bites.[1] In Africa alone, 435,000 to 580,000 victims[2] suffer sna...