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Video: Campaigners call for end to antivenom shortage in Africa as snake bites soar

Video: Campaigners call for end to antivenom shortage in Africa as snake bites soar

Kenya

Africa boasts some of the world’s deadliest snakes, yet it has an alarming shortage of the life-saving snakebite treatment.

The continent sees about half a million snakebites that need treatment every year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Campaigners now want Africa’s antivenom shortage to be treated as a public health crisis.

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