Development, Validation, and Implementation of a Geography-Specific Syndromic Coding and Reporting System for Snakebite Envenoming (D-SERPENT): Protocol for an Implementation-Effectiveness Hybrid Study

Srikanta Kanungo   ¹ , MBBS, MD ;   Omesh Kumar Bharti   ² , MBBS, MAE ;   Surajit Garabadu   ³ , MBBS ;   Rahul K Gajbhiye   ⁴ , MBBS, MD, PhD ;   Joseph K Joseph   ⁵ , MBBS, MD, DNB ;   Rajesh Kumar Sood   ⁶ , MBBS, MD ;   Kapil Aher   ⁷ , MBBS, MD ;   Swagatika Pati   ¹ , MPH ;   Hrishikesh Munshi   ⁴ , MBBS, MD ;   Bipin Thakur   ⁸ , MBBS, MD ;   Subrata Kumar Palo   ¹ , MBBS, MD ;   Sabarish B Nair   ⁹ , MBBS, MD ;   Sumit Aggarwal   ¹⁰ , MBBS, MD ;   Amitava Banerjee   ¹¹ , MBBS, MD ;   Jaideep C Menon   ^{1, 9} , MBBS, MD

¹ ICMR-RMRCBB, NALCO Nagar, Chandrasekharpur Bhubaneswar, Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, ODISHA, India

² Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, India

³ Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

⁴ ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

⁵ Little Flower Hospital & Research Centre, Angamaly, Kerala, India

⁶ Medical Officer Health, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

⁷ Public Health Department, Deputy Director of Health Services, Nasik Division, Government of Maharashtra, Nashik, Maharashtra, India

⁸ Chief Medical Officer Office, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India

⁹ Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India

¹⁰ Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

¹¹ Institute of Health Informatics, University of London, London, United Kingdom