Snakebite finally makes a WHO list of top global health priorities
The World Health Organization has placed snakebite envenoming on a list of 20 priority neglected tropical diseases, a move activists call long overdue.
In a decision public health activists are calling both landmark and long overdue, the World Health Organization has placed snakebite envenoming on its priority neglected tropical diseases — giving it the highest possible ranking for diseases of its kind. The move, which kills more than 100,000 each year and maims and cripples millions more.
