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A herpetologist handles an African puff adder during an extraction of its venom to be used in research for the local production of antivenom at the Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Snakebites: how to avoid them and what to do if you’re bitten

Melisa Benard-Valle, Technical University of Denmark

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 300,000 people are envenomed each year, leading to over 7,000 deaths and almost twice as many amputations.

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