Daily Trust (Abuja)
15 February 2008
Following the increasing case of snake bites and the need for anti-venom, arrangements have been concluded by the Echitab Study Group in collaboration with the United Kingdom to set up anti-venom manufacturing plant in Kaltungo General Hospital in Gombe.
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This is a very good step towards treatment (of the snake bites) but I believe moving in the area of prevention might even work better. Cultivating plants that snakes shy away from (like I hear tubbacco does to them) and spreading the plants around the city should go a long way.