U.S., Feb. 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06808789) titled 'Mapping Snakebite Risk in Ghana and Rwanda' on Jan. 23.
Brief Summary: Snakebite causes approximately 138,000 deaths each year and non-fatal bites lead to considerable health burden, particularly in low-income tropical countries. Data on snakebite burden are lacking. Official data from health facilities are often either unavailable or underestimate cases, by excluding the many victims who do not attend formal health facilities; community surveys are useful for assessing burden, but they require significant resources to conduct. This study aims to understand both whether spatial analysis methods can help in assessing and predicting sn...