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"Striving to save lives and limbs from snakebite"
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Reducing global snake bites by 50%, deaths by 50% and disability by 50% by year 2030"
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Climate change raising risk of deadly snake bites in Africa, says WHO
The WHO has warned that climate change-induced flooding is causing a rise in snake bites, which kill tens of thousands of people annually. Sub-Saharan Africa reports around 314,000 snake bite cases per year, with 15,000 deaths, but faces a critical shortage of treatments. The WHO is increasing the availability of antivenoms in the most affected regions...
Read More...FROM KANO WITH ABDULRAZAQ HABIB ON INTERNATIONAL SNAKEBITE AWARENESS DAY | NEWS24
Prof Abdulrazaq Habib the PI/PC & Lead VASP and a Professor of Infectious Disease & Tropical Medicine delivers a lecture to commemorate the international snakebite awareness day.
Read More...Advocacy visit to the Executive Governor of Gombe State and Hospital supplementation to Kaltungo, Filiya, D/Dutsi Awark and Alkaleri in Bauchi state.
N_SRIC/BUK team members visited Gombe state on Monday 23rd November 2020 for advocacy visit to Gombe State Governor at the same time conducted Hospital Supplementation to the above-mentioned communities..
Read More...Prof Abdulrazaq G Habib Presenting Hospital Supplementation to Snakebite Treatment Hospital Kaltungo Research center
The donation of drugs to the above mentioned Hospital and other sites was targeted to assist the weak and the vulnerable from the respective communities that N_SRIC is carrying out research activities. Other team members that represent N_SRIC/BUK team members for the exercise include; Prof Muhd Y Gwarzo, Prof Bashir Chedi Dr Muhammad Hamza, Abdullahi Baiwa & Kabiru S Tahir.
Read More...2020 International Snakebite Awareness Day
The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has described as “unfortunate” that Nigeria ranks among the World’s worst snakebite-affected countries, reaching epidemic proportions. By the records the Honourable Minister reeled out, Nigeria records an average of 20, 000 cases of snakebite every year with about 2, 000 people killed and between 1,700 and 2, 000 people whose leg or arm is amputated to save their lives after snakebite.
Read More...Bauchi govt to establish snakebite treatment centre
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has revealed plans by his administration to set up a functional snakebite treatment centre to treat victims of snakebites in the state...
Read More...Prof. Abdullrazaq Habib Parley at Gobal Health RCP London
Professor Abdul Habib, consultant physician and professor of infectious and tropical diseases at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria Professor Richard Walker, consultant physician at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and honorary professor of ageing and international health at the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University In this video, Professor Abdul Habib and Professor Richard Walker discuss COVID-19 in Nigeria.
Read More...LSTM Seminar: Professor Abdulrazaq G. Habib on Challenges and Prospects of Snakebite Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in agricultural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Every year millions of people face death, medical complications, disability, and economic privations from SBE without access to appropriate treatment...
Read More...World Health Assembly 2019 Snakebite
Every year, it is estimated that snakebite envenoming kills more than 125,000, seriously injures over 2.7 million people and leaves at least 400,000 of those who survive with permanent disability...
Know More...NSRIC Organizes a 3 days training on the use of KoBoToolBox
During the Week ended there was a 3 days training on KoBoToolBox conducted by Mr Soyem Ahmed The koBoToolBox training is a training of the trainer exercise (TOT) that was successfully conducted for 3 days from 23rd -25 th April 2019... ...
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