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International Snakebite Awareness Day 2023 (ISBAD 2023)
For millions of people (men, women and children) around the world, the risk of snakebites is a daily concern as they go about their daily activities, walking to school, gardening, farming, harvesting crops, gathering firewood, tending livestock, to fetch water or go to the toilet.
It is sad that about 7400 people are bitten by snakes every day, and between 220 and 380 die.
There are approximately 2.7 million incidents of venomous snakebites causing 81,000 to 138,000 deaths per year worldwide.
The economic costs of snakebites are very high, as they affect not only the victims but often their entire families, especially in poor communities in low and middle income countries.
To reduce this problem, we can start by providing education to the community about the presence of snakes in their areas, the correct way to live in an area with snakes and encourage them to seek first aid and effective treatment provided by well-trained health workers to enable many victims to return to health more quickly good and productive life.
The aim of celebrating this day is so that all patients who have been bitten by venomous snakes can get the best medical care at an affordable cost, the availability of antivenom nearby and quickly, together with health workers who are properly trained to handle snakebite cases, to reducing the number of deaths and disability cases by 50% before 2030.
Siku ya Kimataifa ya Uhamasishaji kuhusu Kuumwa na Nyoka 2023 (ISBAD '23)
Kwa mamilioni ya watu (wanaume, wanawake na watoto) duniani kote, hatari ya kuumwa na nyoka ni jambo linalosumbua kila siku wanapoendelea na shughuli zao za kila siku, kutembea kwenda shule, kutunza bustani, kulima, kuvuna mazao, kuokota kuni, kuchunga mifugo, kuchota maji au kwenda chooni.
Inasikitisha kwamba takribani watu 7400 kila siku wanaumwa na nyoka, na kati ya 220 hadi 380 hufa.
Kuna takriban matukio milioni 2.7 ya nyoka wenye sumu kuuma watu na kusababisha vifo kati ya 81,000 hadi138,000 kwa mwaka duniani kote.
Gharama za kiuchumi za kuumwa na nyoka ni kubwa sana, kwani huathiri sio tu waathiriwa lakini mara nyingi familia zao zote, haswa katika jamii masikini katika nchi za kipato cha chini na cha kati ambazo ni maskini.
Kupunguza tatizo hili, tunaweza kuanza kwa kutoa elimu kwa jamii kuhusu uwepo wa nyoka wenye sumu na wasio na sumu kwenye maeneo yao, namna sahihi ya kuishi eneo lenye nyoka na kuwahimiza kutafuta huduma ya kwanza na matibabu madhubuti yanayotolewa na wahudumu wa afya waliofunzwa vyema ili kuwezesha waathirika wengi kurejea kwa haraka zaidi kwenye afya njema na maisha yenye tija.
Lengo la kuadhimisha siku hii ni ili wagonjwa wote walio umwa na nyoka wenye sumu waweze kupata huduma bora ya matibabu kwa gharama nafuu, upatikanaji wa dawa ya kutibu sumu ya nyoka wa karibu na haraka pamoja na wahudumu wa afya walio funzwa vyema, hivyo basi kipunguza idadi ya vifo na kesi za ulemavu kwa 50% kabla ya 2030.