Cameroon: Over 1,800 cases of snake bites reported

Statistics made public by the Ministry of Public Health states that 1, 869 Cameroonians sufferred from snake bites with 32 deaths recorded in 2015. The revelation was made on Wednesday the 4th of November 2015, by the Cameroon Society of Epidemiology at the opening of an International Seminar on managing snake bites. 

The study also noted that out of the 1,869 cases, 739 came from the three Northern Regions of Cameroon, with 23 out of 32 deaths. The study which was carried out by the Cameroon Society of Epidemiology, is a one year research plan ending December 2014. The Minister of Public Health, André Mama Fouda reportedly hailed the efforts made by Epidemiologists for including traditional healers in the fight against snake bites.

Minister Mama Fouda said for many years, traditional healers handled serious cases of snake bites. It is vital to include in this report that 32 out of the 150 snake species in Cameroon are poisonous.