foundation called the wellcome trust. now, if you live in a country where there aren‘t venomous snakes, it might surprise you to hear the world healthy in rural africa, asia and south america. and not only is it a big killer, treatments are lagging behind too. the who‘s chief scientist says... our health reporter rhoda odhiambo has been covering the story from nairobi. this is actually a very big problem in africa because so many of the cases go in africa because so many of the cases go unreported, and this is why it‘s becoming a very big problem. most of the people who are bitten by snakes live very far from hospitals where they are able to access the anti—venomous, and even if they can access them, someone to be able to afford the costs of the treatments. what usually happens is also these people would seek treatments in traditional medicine, men or women, where they would be told that they need to squeeze out the venom and use certain herbs to apply where they have been bitten, and this will of course lead to an allergic reaction. how difficult is the process of producing antivenom? tell us process of producing antivenom? tell us