Today is 3rd World NTD Day: A global movement is needed to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). rstmh.org/news-blog/blog…

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“Challenges and Barriers in Accessing Effective Snakebite Treatment” 1) Belief on traditional healing, 2) inadequate or no snakebite treatment facility nearby origin of snakebite, 3) referral of cases at distantly located health center #snakebiteday2022, #RSTMH, #HAImedicines

Ignorance kills. This incident is from Wardha. In an inebriated state, the person is handling the highly venomous Common krait assuming it is the non venomous rat snake. Needless to say, he lost his life the same night while being treated in the hospital.

Know a high school-aged student with an interest in herpetology? We’re seeking applicants for SSAR 2023 Pre-College Scholars program. International students are eligible. Application deadline is November 30, 2022. ssarherps.org/ssar-awards/pr…

Attitudes, knowledge and practices of traditional snakebite healers in Nepal: implications for prevention and control of snakebite academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance…

Condolence: The Passing of Charley Miao blog.theacse.com/2022/11/09/con…

A prospective study of snakebite in a tertiary care hospital in south-western Nepal academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance…

Fatal toxicity due to locally produced unlabelled alcohol consumption: An illustrative case series from Nepal (the PDF can be accessed at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…)

Check out my latest article: Global Perspectives on Human-Snake Interactions linkedin.com/pulse/global-p… via LinkedIn

#PLOSNTDs: Analysis of News Media-Reported Snakebite Envenoming in Nepal during 2010–2022 dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… [This is the first study to analyze news media-reported Nepalese snakebite envenomings with substantial information].

Lack of controlled studies on snakebite prevention: a rapid review academic.oup.com/trstmh/article…

cell.com/heliyon/fullte…: The litter size of a rear-fanged E. enhydris involved in snakebite in Nepal suggested remarkably higher reproductive potentiality than those reported from Myanmar, Thailand, and India with no ill-effects of its bite to humans.

My research is available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/37…

Our NHRC-funded research work has been published (DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…). It is my new domain of research in the field of health economics. This is the most comprehensive study in Nepal yet to quantify the costs of snakebites and to know the impact of snakebite in Nepal.

Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap','_blank') rstmh.org/civicrm/event/…

Our recently published article highlights a valuable preliminary contribution to understanding the ecology and potential human-wildlife interface of the Wall's Krait (Bungarus walli) in Nepal. Available at: frontiersin.org/.../10.3389/fa…

Analyzing first aid in textbooks used by students in Nepal (doi.org/10.1371/journa…) showed persistent teaching of harmful snakebite first aid in this country. Therefore, urgent attention is needed for improving texts books containing first aid of snakebite.

Happy new year 2026 to all of you ! The year 2025 leaving me with imprints of three first-author research articles [doi.org/10.1371/journa…; frontiersin.org/journals/amphi…; doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…] and peer-reviewing of 21 manuscripts submitted to 14 different Journals.