02819nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10227093 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 081107s2007 sz ab sb 000 0 eng d 9789241563482 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)290609779 RD96.2 .W37 2007eb Warrell, D. A. Rabies and envenomings [electronic resource] : a neglected public health issue : report of a consultative meeting, World Health Organization, Geneva, 10 January 2007 / [prepared by D. Warrell and J-M Guti�errez]. Geneva : World Health Organization, 2007. 32 p. : col. ill., maps. "This Report was developed by compiling the information provided at the WHO Consultative Meeting on Rabies and Envenomings: a Neglected Public Health Issue that took place at WHO, Geneva on 10 January 2007"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references. The aim of this consultative meeting was to discuss strategies for improving the quality and quantity of therapeutic antisera, essential drugs for the effective treatment of suspected rabid dog bites and envenoming by snake bites and scorpion stings. Inadequacies in the efficacy, safety and production of these antisera have created a major global public health crisis, especially in Africa and Asia. Each year, millions of people are bitten by dogs or snakes or stung by scorpions and the failure to provide antisera costs at least 150,000 lives and at least as many cases of permanent physical handicap. The solution to this crisis demands an international effort to promote transfer of technology to affected countries, to improve standards through the WHO's prequalification scheme and to facilitate distribution of antisera and training of medical personnel in their optimal use.--Publisher's description. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Rabies Patients Medical care. Rabies Epidemiology. Rabies Chemotherapy. Bites and stings Patients Medical care. Bites and stings Epidemiology. Bites and stings Chemotherapy. Immune serums Therapeutic use. Drug utilization. Poisonous animals Venom Physiological effect. Electronic books. local Guti�errez, J-M (Jos�e Mar�ia) World Health Organization. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10227093 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 27641 27641