Primary prevention of snakebite envenoming in resource-limited settings

Abstract

The authors present a well‐written narrative review on the primary prevention of snakebites in resource‐limited settings.[1] The merit of these primary preventive measures is their cost‐effectiveness.[1] This is a review of great public health priority as snakebites have recently be categorized as neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization.[2] It is worth mentioning that the study methods were made transperable through the description of the search strategy, the initial number of studies retrieved, and the final number of studies retained. Furthermore, the search strategy was quite exhaustive. This allowed a maximum number of studies on the topic to be included in the review.