{
  "id": 19092498,
  "title": "Inside Kenya’s snakebite crisis where Ksh12,000 for antivenom can mean life or death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/inside-kenyas-snakebite-crisis-where-ksh12-000-for-antivenom-can-mean",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T04:32:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/inside-kenyas-snakebite-crisis-where-ksh12000-for-antivenom-can-mean-life-or-death"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Ksh12,000 bill for antivenom has exposed the devastating cost of snakebite treatment in Kenya, where distance, poverty and delayed medical care can leave victims with permanent disabilities or cost them their lives. In Turkana, survivors and grieving families are confronting the consequences of a medical emergency in which reaching a hospital does not always […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}