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Help Our Cause Save Life Polyvalent antivenom Polyvalent antivenom in Kenya costs an average of 50 USD per vial and many snake bite patients require upwards of 10 vials. This is often an unbearable financial burden as the people most likely to be bitten by venomous snakes are lowincome sometimes making less than 2 USD per day. Globally snake bites are a neglected tropical disease killing upwards of 100 000 people each year. In Kenya the incidence of snakebite has been reported to be 68100 000 Ochola Okuma et al.