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Every year, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed, disabled, or disfigured by bites from venomous snakes. What sorts of obstacles do snakebite victims face in their search for antivenom? And why do people choose traditional remedies, such as homeopathic treatments, even though these have limited evidence of effectiveness against snakebite envenoming? By taking an intercultural approach, which emphasizes mutual respect and understanding between Western and indigenous health belief systems, Vasquez, Castro & Carter look to answer these questions.
Image Credit: Leonardo Fernández Badillo
Citation: (2024) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 18(7) August 2024. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 18(7): ev18.i07. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v18.i07
Published: August 2, 2024
Copyright: © 2024 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed, disabled, or disfigured by bites from venomous snakes. What sorts of obstacles do snakebite victims face in their search for antivenom? And why do people choose traditional remedies, such as homeopathic treatments, even though these have limited evidence of effectiveness against snakebite envenoming? By taking an intercultural approach, which emphasizes mutual respect and understanding between Western and indigenous health belief systems, Vasquez, Castro & Carter look to answer these questions.
Image Credit: Leonardo Fernández Badillo