Vegetal therapy still trusted antivenom in Kenya

Vegetal therapy still trusted antivenom in Kenya

Poor and often stashed far away from medical facilities, pastoralist communities in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid regions have over generations depended on vegetal remedies for envenomation. With decentralisation of medical services seven years ago, regional governments in the devolved units are stocking antivenom to deal with the menace that has...

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Central Kenya man with over 500,000 medicinal herbs on his farm seeks help

He spends over Ksh100,000 (US$1,000) per year on laboratory tests before he is allowed to administer on humans and animals.

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Government negotiating with drug manufacturers

The CS assured the leaders that the national government was committed to ensuring the Universal Health Care becomes a reality before 2022.

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