{"id":1584,"date":"2024-10-18T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:55:39","slug":"bitten-by-inequity-why-vulnerable-communities-are-most-affected-by-snakebites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/bitten-by-inequity-why-vulnerable-communities-are-most-affected-by-snakebites\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitten By Inequity: Why Vulnerable Communities are Most Affected by Snakebites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venomous snakebites disproportionally affect the poorest and most isolated communities in rural areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, where access to anti-venom and healthcare is scarce. The lack of interest from wealthy countries and donors stems from that snakebites do not pose a health security threat to them, as there&#8217;s no risk of cross-border contamination. Additionally, snakebite is not a disease that can be eradicated, which makes it less attractive to funders who seek measurable outcomes. The high cost of producing anti-venom and the low profitability in impoverished markets further deters pharmaceutical companies from investing in solutions. Low-income communities have to cope with snakebites without adequate protective measures or health support, highlighting a broader pattern of global health priorities that often exclude those most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorswithoutborders.org\/latest\/snakebite-seven-bites-inequity\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venomous snakebites disproportionally affect the poorest and most isolated communities in rural areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, where access to anti-venom and healthcare is scarce. The lack of interest from wealthy countries and donors stems from that snakebites do not pose a health security threat to them, as there&#8217;s no risk of cross-border contamination. Additionally, snakebite is not a disease that can be eradicated, which makes it less attractive to funders who seek measurable outcomes. The high cost&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"media_type_reference":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medical-apartheid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1589,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"media_type_reference","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type_reference?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}