Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Snakebite Deaths

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We are pleased to share that we hosted a webinar titled “Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Snakebite Deaths” on the occasion of IAD4AD 2025. The session was scheduled for Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM IST.

SPEAKERS

Ms. Priyanka Kadam

Priyanka Kadam is the founder of Snakebite Healing & Education Society (SHE-INDIA.ORG), a national-level civil society aimed at preventing and controlling snakebites. She is an expert in snakebite prevention and control strategies and has been a member of WHO’s Global Snakebite Envenoming Working Group, which developed a strategy to reduce snakebiterelated deaths and disabilities by 50% by 2030.

Mr. Snehendu Koner

Dr. Badal Kumar Sahu

Dr. Badal Kumar Sahu, Assistant Professor in the Department of General Medicine at NRSMCH, Kolkata, is a life member of IAP, API, and RSSDI, with 25 years of clinical experience and 19 years of government service in West Bengal.

Dr. Manish Ranjan

Dr. Manish Ranjan, Vice President – Corporate at Arbro Pharmaceuticals Private Limited and Auriga Research Private Limited, plays a key role in driving corporate strategies and research initiatives.

Prof. Nibedita Ray-Bennett

Mr. Umar Abdullahi

Dr. Saswata Banerjee

Dr. Saswata Banerjee, Head of Medical Affairs for Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Haematology, Oncology, and Wound Care at BSV Limited, is a medical doctor trained in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine. He has six years of clinical experience in various super specialty hospitals in Kolkata.

Dr. Pratyush P. Mohapatra

Dr. Dayal Bandhu Majumdar

Dr. Dayal Bandhu Majumdar, Senior Medical Officer at CNMC&H, is the WB State Resource Person for Snakebite Training and a Technical Advisor for ICMR.

Ms. Chloe Vasquez

Chloe Vasquez, a health economist and Watson Snakebite Research Fellow, is also an Avoidable Death Network Future Leader, dedicated to advancing research and strategies for reducing avoidable deaths.