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The leadership of Costa Rica in this international initiative rests on the long pathway of the country in tackling the snakebite problem. Photo ODI.

WHO has placed snakebite envenoming as a neglected disease

This is the antiophidic serum produced at the ICP-UCR that will be sent to Sri Lanka. It inhibits the venom of the three most venomous snakes in this country (photo Jenniffer Jiménez Córdoba).

Knowledge from the UCR Will Save Lives in Sri Lanka

Dr. José Ma. Guitérrez Gutiérrez, researcher at the CPI of the UCR participated in a panel in Geneva, Switzerland, that analyzed, in front of 120 people, an integrated global initiative to reduce snakebite death and disability, (photo by José Ma. Gutierrez).

José Ma. Gutiérrez, CPI, Seeks Better Care for Snakebite Victims

The leadership of Costa Rica in this international initiative rests on the long pathway of the country in tackling the snakebite problem. Photo ODI.

WHO has placed snakebite envenoming as a neglected disease

At the inaugural lecture, Doctor José María Gutiérrez Gutiérrez highlighted that the main legacy of Clodomiro Picado Twight was to develop a model to make science in a small and poor country.  - Photo Anel Kenjekeeva.

Clodomiro Picado Chair will Boost Solutions to Domestic Health Issues

During her speech, the vice president of the Republic, Ana Helena Chacón, acknowledged the contributions of the first scientists in charge of the Antiophidic Serum Production Program, and recognized them as “people committed to the right to health of vulnerable populations, and who had the courage to go forward in spite of the adversities”.

CPI-UCR: 50 Years Saving Lives from Snakebite Envenoming

Mariángela Vargas Arroyo, was acknowledged by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as one of the seven innovators younger than 35 in Central America, for the development of this method and its potential to be applied in developing countries.- Photo Anel Kenjekeeva.

From Antivenoms to Human Plasma Fractionation

This is the antiophidic serum produced at the ICP-UCR that will be sent to Sri Lanka. It inhibits the venom of the three most venomous snakes in this country (photo Jenniffer Jiménez Córdoba).

Knowledge from the UCR Will Save Lives in Sri Lanka

From right to left, research vice rector Dr. Fernando García Santamaría, and ICP director Dr. Alberto Alape Girón, receive the INTECO and IQNet quality management certificates from the hands of Eng. Andrés Ramírez Carranza. They are joined by the administration vice rector, Dr. Carlos Araya Leandro. - photo by Laura Rodríguez Rodríguez.

CPI-UCR is the First Entity in the Country to Obtain a Re-Certification for Quality…

Dr. José Ma. Guitérrez Gutiérrez, researcher at the CPI of the UCR participated in a panel in Geneva, Switzerland, that analyzed, in front of 120 people, an integrated global initiative to reduce snakebite death and disability, (photo by José Ma. Gutierrez).

José Ma. Gutiérrez, CPI, Seeks Better Care for Snakebite Victims

Chauvin indicated that his government has a co-funding program for scholarships and a regional cooperation program, where Costa Rica stands out. (Photo ODI)

Ambassador of France Visits the Clodomiro Picado Institute

Dr. Eugenia Corrales, Dr. Elías Barquero and Dr. Laura Monturiol, trained in the Faculty of Microbiology of the UCR, and Dr. Tatiana Trejos (absent in the photo), from the chemistry area, were the winners of the 2014 science and technology awards. (photo Rafael León)

Works Done in the Areas of Microbiology and Chemistry Grant Researches…

Dr. José Ma. Gutiérrez Gutiérrez receives the Redi Award in recognition if his hard work and leadership in the field of toxinology (photo ODI Archive).

José Ma. Gutiérrez is Granted the Redi Award for his Scientific Contributions

Antivenoms produced by the Clodomiro Picado Institute of the UCR stand out due to their quality and efficacy, they are not only used in Central America, but also in many other Latin American countries (photo Denis Castro Incera).

UCR helps save 4 500 lives every year in Central America

Every year, an average of two and a half million ophidic accidents happen around the globe, and they are the cause of death of more than 85 thousand people (photo ODI archive)

Health Care Professionals Across the Country Received Training by the CPI