Sentences with phrase «snakebite victims»

Snake venom is a crucial ingredient for its counterpart, antivenom, which doctors use as a kind of antidote to rescue the lives of snakebite victims.

It'll be applied like an EpiPen injection, buying the snakebite victim an extra hour to delay the damaging effects of the venom.

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Now he is searching for funding to build a pilot project to put the spray through clinical trials and eventually distribute a refined product in countries like India, where snakebites cause thousands of deaths before victims can reach the hospital.

Snakebites are a major public health problem in many rural communities around the world, often requiring medical care and affecting victims» ability to work.

The victims of snakebites in poor rural communities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are often young individuals who are earning a wage and have a considerable remaining life expectancy.

This approach should also offer antivenom manufacturers with economies of scale to make snakebite treatments more affordable for the impoverished victims of the tropics who suffer the greatest burden of snakebite.»

The current production of antivenom is very costly and treatment for snakebites can be completely unaffordable to victims who, particularly in the low and middle - income countries, are often disadvantaged subsistence farmers and their families.