Antivenom Shortage
The South African Vaccine Producers, produces two antivenoms for snakebite – a monovalent antivenom and a polyvalent antivenom.
The South African Vaccine Producers, produces two antivenoms for snakebite – a monovalent antivenom and a polyvalent antivenom.
One of the biggest challenges we face in Africa is the availability of antivenom and snakebite deaths has been recognised by the World Health Organisation as a neglected tropical disease. Up to 20,000 fatalities are reported in Africa every year.
First described by Bonnaterre, back in 1790, the Rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) is a snake often encountered in urban areas of the highveld.
The only effective treatment for severe snakebite envenomation from a potentially deadly snake is antivenom. Using antivenom is not easy and, like most drugs, it has its disadvantages but in the right hands, and at the right time, it can be life-saving.
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