John Amuasi (PhD ’14, MS ’14, MPH ’07) recently spoke with the media about community practices that lead to poor outcomes for snake bite victims. According to an article in Ghana Business News, the media briefing was on neglected tropical diseases (NTDS) with a focus on snakebite envenoming. Snakebite envenoming is the latest addition to the World Health Organization’s list of NTDs.
Amuasi is a researcher at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Executive Director of African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases.