The world is running out of one of the most
effective snakebite treatments, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk,
warn experts. Medicins Sans Frontieres says new stocks of Fav-Afrique, which
neutralises 10 different snakebites that can occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, are
desperately needed. The last batch will expire in June 2016 and there is no
comparable replacement. Manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur says it has been priced out
of the market. Alternatives are available but MSF says they are not as good. Fav-Afrique
is the only anti-venom that has been proven safe and effective to treat
envenoming from different types of snakes across Sub-Saharan Africa, it says.
Aug.8 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34176581
This news
comes to us just a day before the Waning Crescent Moon of August 9. A chart for
the phase drawn for Paris, where Medicins
Sans Frontieres is located, is shown here.
Notice that a T-square containing
Sun-Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune is on the angles. Here Neptune is conjunct
stars of the medical goddess Gula while Saturn on the IC aligns with the star Yed
Posterior, in the left hand of the shaman-healer Ophiuchus who grasps the
Serpent. This is an obvious connection to doctors concerned about healing snake
bites. And if we now add to this the fact that Saturn which is linked to keywords like “lack” or “inadequacy”
is conjunct this star, we begin to see why stocks of the anti-venom for snakebites
are running out.
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