Nigeria's antivenom shortage costs a life, spotlighting a preventable snakebite crisis
Nigerian singer Ifunanya Nwangene died in Abuja after a snakebite, highlighting a broader, preventable crisis in snakebite treatment driven by antivenom shortages and delays. She was first treated at a hospital without antivenom, then at FMC where she received some treatment but died from severe complications as advocates warn that underfunding and supply gaps impede timely care; the FMC denies a lack of antivenom at its site.