WHO to reduce snakebite mortality rate, health crisis, by half with new plan

Madrid (Spain), May 23 (EFE).- Snakebites, the cause of a largely neglected health crisis that kills 138,000 sufferers a year and leaves 400,000 others grappling with serious disabilities, could experience a transformation with the introduction of revolutionary new treatments backed by the World Health Organization as well as a prevention strategy, a leading expert told Efe.
 
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