Breaking the Vicious Circle of Antivenom Shortage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Good morning!
This is the first official installment in the Snakebite and Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa video series.
This piece — "Breaking the Vicious Circle of Antivenom Shortage" — provides a quick overview of the factors that contribute to the Vicious Circle is and how they can be remedied.
English: https://vimeo.com/243749142
Spanish: https://vimeo.com/243786568
French: https://vimeo.com/244041466
The eight modules to follow will cover aspects of epidemiology, public health, medically important species, use of antivenom and more.
All of the training modules in this series will be free, so please don't hesitate to download and share as you wish.
Enjoy!
Posted Nov 30, 2017, 6:20 PM UTC
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Thanks for the video. It's always comforting when I have to extract our boomslangs to know our expired antivenin is sure to work. I'm looking forward to the series.
Expired antivenom — unless it has gone bad — has a benefit much greater than zero, often for many years after its official shelf life has expired. It happens that there is a study happening right now to actually quantify this, largely for the benefit of snakebite victims in developing countries, but it's certainly applicable everywhere.