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Curso Virtual: Envenenamientos por serpientes y otros animales venenosos en América Latina y el Caribe

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Curso Virtual: Envenenamientos por serpientes y otros animales venenosos en América Latina y el Caribe

En el Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) / Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) está disponible el Curso Virtual Envenenamientos por serpientes y otros animales venenosos en América Latina y el Caribe.  El curso cubre temáticas relacionadas con las especies ponzoñosas/venenosas de mayor importancia médica en la región, aspectos ecoepidemiológicos y clínicos de forma integral, definiendo acciones terapéuticas y de prevención que permitan disminuir la morbimortalidad de los envenenamientos, incluyendo también la vigilancia sanitaria como un pilar clave en esta tarea y para conocer la real dimensión de esta problemática de salud que aún permanece subnotificada. 

Los accidentes causados por animales ponzoñosos/venenosos constituyen un grave problema de salud pública a nivel global, siendo el accidente ofídico el de mayor impacto, tanto por su frecuencia como por la gravedad de sus manifestaciones clínicas. En 2017, OMS incorporó este evento de salud a su lista oficial de Enfermedades Tropicales Desatendidas y desarrolló una estrategia global que tiene como meta para 2030 la reducción en un 50% de la mortalidad y las secuelas causadas por envenenamientos. Además, en la región son importantes también los envenenamientos por picaduras de escorpiones y mordeduras de arañas, así como los envenenamientos por contacto con orugas de Lonomia. 

OPS a través del Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa y Salud Pública Veterinaria (PANAFTOSA/SPV), y con la colaboración de expertos regionales, diseñó este curso con el propósito de contribuir a la disminución de la morbimortalidad de personas que sufren accidentes con animales ponzoñosos/venenosos en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), mediante el fortalecimiento y mejora de las capacidades del profesional sanitario sobre la prevención, el abordaje clínico y las estrategias posibles para el tratamiento y la recuperación de los pacientes, haciendo un uso racional y adecuado de los antivenenos disponibles en la región, entre otras. 

Finalidad

Proporcionar un marco de conocimiento de base científica para que las personas trabajadoras de salud puedan fortalecer y mejorar sus capacidades para la atención médica, la vigilancia, prevención y control de los accidentes con animales ponzoñosos/venenosos, con un especial énfasis en el ofidismo.

Ver detalles y registrarse en el siguiente enlace

https://campus.paho.org/es/curso/envenenamientos-serpientes-animales

Curso Virtual Envenenamientos por serpientes y otros animales venenosos en América Latina y el Caribe, 2025 / Virtual Course Envenenamientos por serpientes y otros animales venenosos en América Latina y el Caribe, 2025.

Virtual Course: Envenomings by Snakes and Other Venomous Animals in Latin America and the Caribbean

On the Virtual Campus for Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO), the virtual course “Envenomings by snakes and other venomous animals in Latin America and the Caribbean” is available. The course covers topics related to the venomous species of greatest medical importance in the Region, as well as eco-epidemiological and clinical aspects in an integrated way, defining therapeutic and preventive actions to help reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with envenomings. It also includes health surveillance as a key pillar in this effort and as a tool to understand the true magnitude of this health problem, which still remains underreported.

Incidents caused by venomous animals are a serious public health problem worldwide, with snakebite envenoming having the greatest impact due to both its frequency and the severity of its clinical manifestations. In 2017, WHO added this health event to its official list of Neglected Tropical Diseases and developed a global strategy that aims, by 2030, to achieve a 50% reduction in mortality and sequelae caused by envenomings. In the Region, envenomings due to scorpion stings and spider bites are also important, as are envenomings resulting from contact with Lonomia caterpillars.

PAHO, through the Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health (PANAFTOSA/VPH), and with the collaboration of regional experts, designed this course with the purpose of helping to reduce the morbidity and mortality of people who suffer incidents involving venomous animals in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It seeks to strengthen and improve health professionals’ capacities in prevention, clinical management, and the strategies available for treatment and patient recovery, including the rational and appropriate use of antivenoms available in the Region, among other aspects.

Purpose

To provide a scientifically based knowledge framework so that health workers can strengthen and improve their capacities for medical care, surveillance, prevention and control of incidents involving venomous animals, with a special emphasis on snakebite envenoming.

See details and register at the following link

https://campus.paho.org/es/curso/envenenamientos-serpientes-animales

Virtual Course: Envenomings by snakes and other venomous animals in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025.

Virtual Course: Envenomings by snakes and other venomous animals in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025.

 

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