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Barriers and opportunities for improving management of snakebites: Perspectives of healthcare workers in Northern Uganda

BACKGROUND: Snakebites are a neglected public health problem that pose a significant burden on affected individuals and communities in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Uganda. However, the barriers and facilitators to snakebite management within healthcare settings are not as well under...

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Autores principales:	Wafula, Solomon T., Namakula, Lydia N., Ninsiima, Lesley R., Ssekamatte, Noah Kiwanuka, Walekhwa, Abel W., Mugume, Innocent B., Musoke, David
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2023
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10519583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37747844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291032

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