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Participatory approaches and open data on venomous snakes: A neglected opportunity in the global snakebite crisis?

Snakebite: A humanitarian and data crisisWith over 100,000 human deaths and 400,000 cases of physical disability globally every year [1], snakebite is a major neglected tropical killer dramatically affecting poor and rural communities in Africa, Latin America, and Asia [2].These communities have no political voice, and Me ´decins Sans Frontières refers to a "public health emergency gone under the radar," stressing the lack of reliable reporting systems and an important underestimation of the global snakebite burden [1, 2, 3].In addition, pharmaceutical companies have poor market incentive for antivenom production [2], and the recognition of snakebite at the World Health Organization (WHO) has fluctuated over recent years, lacking sufficient political and scientific support and only making it back on to the …

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