Investigation reveals ineffective products being sold across Africa, with poor regulation and shortage of effective medication leading to needless deathsHe had heard rats scuttling around and was reaching to turn on his bedside lamp when Kamidikolo Badilu was bitten. By the time he reached hospital, snake venom had already started breaking down his skin and muscle. The flesh around the bite was necrotising, or dying.The only treatment to stop the damage was antivenom and a vial was given to Badilu, 60, a handyman from Lwanga, southern Uganda. But it was too late to stop the damage to the finger and arm where he was bitten. Continue reading…
