MSF Welcomes Adoption of World Health Assembly Resolution to Tackle Snakebite Crisis

Press releaseMSF Welcomes Adoption of World Health Assembly Resolution to Tackle Snakebite CrisisMay 24, 2018NEW YORK/GENEVA, May 24, 2018—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) made the following statement after the adoption of a resolution on “Addressing the burden of snakebite envenoming” during the 71st World Health Assembly today. This resolution—adopted by 194 countries—is expected to provide a stro ng mandate for the World Health Organization to implement an ambitious snakebite “roadmap,” mobilizing governments and donors to respond to snakebite with the urgency and attention this neglected public health crisis demands.
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