Conference ‘Snakebite – from science to society’, 21-22 June 2018
A silent disaster takes place… Over 125,000 people die each year as a result of a venomous snakebite. The number of people with severe permanent disability is two to three times higher: about 450,000 new victims every year. The African and Asian rural areas are most affected. Many hundreds of thousands of victims remain untreated.…