Question - What is the global burden of disease with regard to snake bite?
Answer- The cited reference notes “Every year, snakebites kill between 81,000 and 138,000 people and cause long-lasting disabilities in another 400,000 people. This disease burden is likely to be an underestimate given snakebite is rarely notifiable, and many bites and deaths go unrecorded. The burden of snakebite death and disability is equal to that of prostate or cervical cancer and is greater than any other neglected tropical disease. Yet investment into snakebite has been just £30 million between 2008 and 2017, with limited research, stagnating development of treatments, and declining access to antivenoms in many countries.” (Editorial: Snakebite-emerging from the shadows of neglect. 2019 The Lancet 393(10187):2175)