From the Hospital to the Lab: How We Reported the Snakebite Scandal

Dr Eugene Erulu , a doctor with decades of experience treating snakebite, was adamant that companies had made bad antivenom.

He named specific manufacturers whose drugs he refused to use.

Those bitten are often the breadwinners, people who spend their days out herding cattle or tilling the land.

It was almost a year from that chat in Erulu ’s office to the story getting published.

Since the story came out, we have taken our findings to national regulators, the World Health Organization , drug manufacturers, their parent companies and even a Bollywood celebrity ambassador.

The hope now is that those in power will finally start paying attention to this most neglected of tropical diseases.