Nigeria’s Snakebite Crisis: Time for Urgent Government Action
Nigeria cannot continue to lose lives to preventable snakebites. Every year, nearly 43,000 Nigerians are bitten by snakes, with approximately 1,900 fatalities—a number that…
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snakebite deaths
Senate Orders Mandatory Antivenom Stocking After Abuja Snakebite Death
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Senate urges health regulators to make antivenom availability compulsory for licensing private hospitals, following the death of singer Ifunanya Nwangene…