The University of Adelaide is leading an international programme to reduce the thousands of deaths each year in Myanmar caused by venomous snakes.
The federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has awarded the university a $2.3-million grant for a three-year research project to improve the quality and availability of medical care and antivenom supplies in remote rural areas of Myanmar.
Announcing the grant on 13 February, project leader and UA senior medical lecturer Chen Au Peh said renal failure caused by snakebite was one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases.
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