Petitioners seek Senate help on snake antivenom project amid rising deaths

Extraction of venom from a venomous snake 9black Cobra) at the Herpetarium for venomous snakes used in the extraction of venom at the Kenya Institute of Primate Research (KIPRE) campus in Karen, Nairobi. The venom is used to make Antivenom. [David Gichuru, Standard]

A petition has been filed before the Senate seeking government support for a project aimed at ending deaths caused by snakebites.

Three petitioners from Machakos County-Patrick Musilu, Tom Babu, and Alfred Dosso-state in the petition that they plan to achieve this through the mass production and continent-wide distribution of safe, effective, and affordable antivenom, under the African Snakebite Alliance.