You might think of snakebite as a niche issue rather than a devastating one. But it is thought to kill somewhere between 80,000 and 140,000 people a year.
Country that ‘achieved the impossible’ in reducing deaths to zero now faces closure of key treatment centre
About 4 000 people are bitten by snakes annually but only a quarter of those being admitted to hospital and only 10% require antivenom
The country is facing a critical shortage of antivenom to treat the victims of snake bites