Reported snakebite mortality and state compensation payments in Madhya Pradesh, India, from 2020 to 2022.
Priyanka KadamBhupeshwari PatelMaya GopalakrishananFreston M SirurOmesh K BhartiAmit AgrawalMd YunusDayal B MajumdarStuart AinsworthPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2024)
The snakebite burden in Madhya Pradesh is significant, both in terms of mortality and economic expenditure of the state. Sustained investment in preventative interventions, as well as monitoring of the rate of compensation payouts due to snakebite death as a measure of intervention effectiveness, should be considered to substantially reduce snakebite incidence and mortality.