The biggest public health crisis you have likely never heard of as mainly poor people are killed or maimed by snakebite envenoming. In collaboration with clinicians, policy makers and researchers from Rwanda, Kenya, Eswatini, Ghana and the United Kingdom, our activities focus on epidemiology, prevention and management of snakebite envenoming.
The legacy of neglect of the issue of snakebite is clear. Up to one-third of annual global snakebite deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. But the neglect includes uncounted deaths and incomplete assessment of morbidity due to snakebite.
Our research looks at:
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A group of 20 diseases mainly prevalent in tropical areas where they affect more than 1 billion people as a consequence of the international neglect. Our research contributes to interventions against these Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Our international research activities in Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans) changed treatment of the disease worldwide. From a treatment consisting of frequently mutilating surgery removing the bacteria to an eight weeks treatment with antibiotics.
Research activities on Neglected Tropical Diseases currently focus on the following topics:
Interventions against these Neglected Tropical Diseases directly contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal.
What we have achieved:
