Elhadj As Sy

Elhadj As Sy is the co-chair of the Global Snakebite Taskforce and Chancellor of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has been vocal about the urgent need for action to address the global health crisis of snakebite envenoming, which claims numerous lives each year, particularly in vulnerable communities. In a recent report, he highlighted the severe challenges faced by frontline healthcare workers in managing snakebite cases and called for increased political will and resources to combat this preventable yet devastating disease.