Half Of Nigerian Hospitals Lack Capacity To Treat Snakebites Despite Having 29 Species – Report

The findings are based on a survey of 904 frontline healthcare workers in Nigeria, Brazil, India, Indonesia and Kenya — five countries that collectively account for a large proportion of the global snakebite burden.

At least half of health facilities in Nigeria lack the capacity to adequately treat snakebite envenoming, a new global report has revealed, raising fresh concerns about preventable deaths and disabilities across the country.

The report, released by the Strike Out Snakebite (SOS) initiative to commemorate World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day 2026 marked annually on January 30, said weak health systems, poor infrastructure and chronic shortages of life-saving antivenom continue to fuel high mortality and long-term complications, particularly in high-burden countries such as Nigeria.

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