Snakebite envenoming -- A strategy for prevention and control: Executive summary
Overview
Costs of implementation
WHO’s budget will be used to deliver solutions in the field. Thus, 54.1% will be for activities in countries where snakebite is a public health problem, with regional support and collaboration (17.1%). The cost of work by WHO technical departments will account for the remaining 28.8% of the budget. The number of countries involved will increase over the next 11 years as resources are mobilized and capacity built. The success of the programme during the first 2–4 years will determine whether support can be found for the full 12-year strategy.
Costs of implementation
WHO’s budget will be used to deliver solutions in the field. Thus, 54.1% will be for activities in countries where snakebite is a public health problem, with regional support and collaboration (17.1%). The cost of work by WHO technical departments will account for the remaining 28.8% of the budget. The number of countries involved will increase over the next 11 years as resources are mobilized and capacity built. The success of the programme during the first 2–4 years will determine whether support can be found for the full 12-year strategy.
A comprehensive strategy
For millions of men, women and children around the world, the risk of snakebite is a daily concern as they go about their everyday activities – walking to school, tending gardens, herding livestock, fetching water or simply going to the toilet – where a misplaced step, a momentary lapse of concentration or being in the wrong place at the wrong time can be fatal.
A multifocal incremental response by countries
The strategy is based on existing resources, skills and experience while looking ahead to next-generation solution
