[health-vn] WHO's information on snake-bites and antivenom [2 items]

[vern weitzel]

From: "grisettim" <grisettim at who.int>
Date: 17 August 2010 3:19:30 AM PDT
To: "HIFA2015 - Healthcare Information For All by 2015" <HIFA2015 at dgroups.org>
Subject: [HIFA2015] WHO's information on snake-bites and antivenoms
Reply-To: "HIFA2015 - Healthcare Information For All by 2015" <HIFA2015 at dgroups.org>

Dear HIFA2015 members, 

With snake bites killing at least 100 000 people a year and countries facing a shortage of appropriate antivenoms, access to and information about available antivenoms is increasingly important. The World Health Organization has recently published new guidelines for the production, regulation and control of snake antivenoms and launched a website with details on where the venomous snakes are located, what they look like, which antivenoms are appropriate, and where they can be obtained; it is accessible at

http://www.who.int/bloodproducts/snake_antivenoms/en/ 

Focusing on the local situation, the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, also issued updated "Guidelines for the Management of Snake-bites"

by Warrel, D.A. 
SEARO Nonserial Publication 2010 

Early in 2009, snake-bite was finally included in the WHO's list of neglected tropical diseases confirming the experience in many parts of the Asian region that snake-bite is a common occupational hazard of farmers, plantation workers and others, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths each year and many cases of chronic physical handicap. Rational use of snake anti-venom can substantially reduce mortality and morbidity due to snake bites.

These Guidelines are a revised and updated version of similar guidelines published by the WHO Regional Office in South-East Asia in 1999. They aim to promote the rational management of snake-bite cases in various health facilities where trained health functionaries and quality snake antivenom are available.

The electronic version is freely accessible, in full text, at http://203.90.70.117/PDS_DOCS/B4508.pdf 

Printed copies can be purchased [*] through the WHO online bookstore at 
http://apps.who.int/bookorders/anglais/detart1.jsp?sesslan=1&codlan=1&codcol=54&codcch=14 

Best regards. 
Maryvonne 

HIFA2015 profile: Maryvonne Grisetti works at the World Health Organization headquarters, Geneva. She is currently in charge of free dissemination of WHO priced publications worldwide but especially aimed at developing countries. grisettim AT who.int

[*Note from HIFA2015 moderator: Price = 21 US dollars. Thanks, Neil PW]
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From: "Chris Zielinski" <zielinskic at afro.who.int>
Date: 17 August 2010 5:33:34 AM PDT
To: "HIFA2015 - Healthcare Information For All by 2015" <HIFA2015 at dgroups.org>
Subject: [HIFA2015] WHO's information on snake-bites and antivenoms (2)
Reply-To: "HIFA2015 - Healthcare Information For All by 2015" <HIFA2015 at dgroups.org>

Dear All,

To complement Maryvonne’s posting, WHO/AFRO has also just (last month) produced the second edition of its Guidelines for the Prevention and Clinical Management of Snakebite in Africa: http://www.afro.who.int/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=5529

Best,

Chris

Chris Zielinski
Coordinator, African Health Observatory, and 
Managing Editor, African Health Monitor
WHO Regional Office for Africa 

HIFA2015 profile: Chris Zielinski spent over 20 years in publishing and language services in the UN system (mainly WHO and FAO), working in Africa, Asia and Europe. Among his earlier activities in health information are ExtraMED (CD-ROMs containing scanned images of over 300 biomedical journals published in the developing world), and the Health Information for Development Project (a Gates-Foundation funded capacity building and networking project). Chris is currently working for the WHO Regional Office for Africa, based in Brazzaville, Congo, where he is Coordinator the African Health Observatory and Managing Editor of the African Health Monitor zielinskic AT who.int


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