The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare
Introduction: Snakebite is a public health problem in rural areas of South Asia, Africa and South America presenting mostly in primary care. Climate change and associated extreme weather events are expected to modify the snake-human-environment interface leading to a change in the burden of snakebit...
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| description | Introduction: Snakebite is a public health problem in rural areas of South Asia, Africa and South America presenting mostly in primary care. Climate change and associated extreme weather events are expected to modify the snake-human-environment interface leading to a change in the burden of snakebite. Understanding this change is essential to ensure the preparedness of primary care and public health systems. Methods: We searched five electronic databases and supplemented them with other methods to identify eight studies on the effect of climate change on the burden of snakebite. We summarised the results thematically. Results: Available evidence is limited but estimates a geographic shift in risk of snakebite: northwards in North America and southwards in South America and in Mozambique. One study from Sri Lanka estimated a 31.3% increase in the incidence of snakebite. Based on limited evidence, the incidence of snakebite was not associated with tropical storms/hurricanes and droughts in the United States but associated with heatwaves in Israel. Conclusion: The impact of climate change and associated extreme weather events and anthropogenic changes on mortality, morbidity and socioeconomic burden of snakebite. Transdisciplinary approaches can help understand these complex phenomena better. There is almost no evidence available in high-burden nations of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Community-based approaches for biodiversity and prevention, the institution of longitudinal studies, together with improving the resilience of primary care and public health systems are required to mitigate the impact of climate change on snakebite. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29c03aa0ecba4b158cafdbc7f401daf52022-12-22T02:59:55ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632022-01-0111106147615810.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_677_22The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcareSoumyadeep BhaumikDeepti BeriJagnoor JagnoorIntroduction: Snakebite is a public health problem in rural areas of South Asia, Africa and South America presenting mostly in primary care. Climate change and associated extreme weather events are expected to modify the snake-human-environment interface leading to a change in the burden of snakebite. Understanding this change is essential to ensure the preparedness of primary care and public health systems. Methods: We searched five electronic databases and supplemented them with other methods to identify eight studies on the effect of climate change on the burden of snakebite. We summarised the results thematically. Results: Available evidence is limited but estimates a geographic shift in risk of snakebite: northwards in North America and southwards in South America and in Mozambique. One study from Sri Lanka estimated a 31.3% increase in the incidence of snakebite. Based on limited evidence, the incidence of snakebite was not associated with tropical storms/hurricanes and droughts in the United States but associated with heatwaves in Israel. Conclusion: The impact of climate change and associated extreme weather events and anthropogenic changes on mortality, morbidity and socioeconomic burden of snakebite. Transdisciplinary approaches can help understand these complex phenomena better. There is almost no evidence available in high-burden nations of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Community-based approaches for biodiversity and prevention, the institution of longitudinal studies, together with improving the resilience of primary care and public health systems are required to mitigate the impact of climate change on snakebite.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=10;spage=6147;epage=6158;aulast=Bhaumikclimate changeepidemiologyextreme weather eventsforecastingplanetary healthsnakebite |
| spellingShingle | Soumyadeep Bhaumik Deepti Beri Jagnoor Jagnoor The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care climate change epidemiology extreme weather events forecasting planetary health snakebite |
| title | The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare |
| title_full | The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare |
| title_fullStr | The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare |
| title_short | The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare |
| title_sort | impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare |
| topic | climate change epidemiology extreme weather events forecasting planetary health snakebite |
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