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A multimillion-pound programme has been launched to improve treatment for snakebites, which are thought to kill up to 138,000 people each year.

Treatments for snakebites can be expensive or ineffective, a problem that disproportionately affects people living in the world鈥檚 poorest places. Current methods for making antivenom involve using antibodies extracted from horses 鈥� a process that hasn鈥檛 changed since the 19th century and carries a high risk of contamination and adverse reactions in patients.

Of those who survive venomous bites each year, 400,000 people develop life-changing injuries, including amputations.

To tackle this, the Wellcome Trust has announced 拢80 million in funding for a new research programme on snakebite treatments. The programme aims to make antivenoms better, safer and cheaper.

鈥淪nakebite is 鈥� or should be 鈥� a treatable condition. With access to the right antivenom there is a high chance of survival. While people will always be bitten by venomous snakes, there is no reason so many should die,鈥� says Mike Turner, of the Wellcome Trust.

The World 91色情片 Organization is expected to publish a strategy next week for halving the number of deaths and disabilities from snakebites by 2030.