Dharamshala, July 5 -- Experts and government officials on Saturday stressed the need for a coordinated approach involving the health, forest, agriculture, education and other departments to achieve the goal of zero snakebite deaths in Himachal Pradesh, as stakeholders from multiple sectors came together for a state-level conference under the Zero Snakebite Death Initiative in Dharamshala.

The conference, organised under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-funded Zero Snakebite Death Initiative, for the first time brought together doctors, government officials and stakeholders from the forest, agriculture, horticulture, education and health departments to discuss measures to reduce snakebite deaths through better coordination, ...