Antivenom is expensive, even by western standards.
One vial of antivenom costs around £45 or $70.
It takes around 5 vials to treat someone who has been bitten by a black mamba.
No donation is too small.
Due to lack of funding, life-saving anti-venom is just not available in Swaziland, so the people have no choice but to turn to more conventional cures.
Traditional healers prescribe a herbal medicine called ‘mooty’ to ward off and treat snake-bite. 80% of people in Swaziland rely on them.
Snakebites need specialized medical treatment and although herbal cures are great for some things they are not enough to treat a bite from a Black mamba.
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