The Global Snakebite Initiative was founded to coordinate an international effort to reduce snake bite morbidity and mortality through a programme of sustainable approaches and outcome-oriented strategies.

An Invitation to Colleagues

Addressing a therapeutic “black hole”: the worldwide crisis in antivenom supply and medical training for snake bite treatment

Snake bite: a neglected disease in the 21st Century

The burden of human suffering caused by snake bites has been greatly underestimated, ignored and neglected for far too long. Snake bites, common in rural areas of many tropical developing countries, mainly affect children or agricultural workers who lack the political voice adequately to protest their needs.