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Reaching The Unreached - PNG's Deadly Snake Bites

46:44 Min

In Papua New Guinea, snakebites kill 2,000 people yearly. It’s a race against time, sometimes minutes, as Dr Kevin Pondikou rushes to deliver rare and costly antivenom to victims. 

Reaching The Unreached

Reaching The Unreached - PNG's Deadly Snake Bites

01 Nov 2025 10:00pm

In Papua New Guinea, snakebites kill 2,000 people yearly. It’s a race against time, sometimes minutes, as Dr Kevin Pondikou rushes to deliver rare and costly antivenom to victims. 

Reaching The Unreached

About the show:

World Media Festivals Television & Corporate Media Awards 2025 
- Special Award “CORAZÓN”
- GOLD, Documentary: Human Concerns

New York Festivals TV and Films Awards 2024 
- GOLD, Craft Program: Direction
- SILVER, Documentary: Human Concerns
- FINALIST, Documentary: Heroes
- FINALIST, Craft Program: Camerawork
   

Asia suffers from high inequalities in the health sector. Many rural communities remain completely deprived of healthcare. In the least developed countries of Asia, there is on average one doctor per 1,000 inhabitants. There are several reasons for this lack of coverage: administratively fragmented countries, mountainous regions difficult to access, precarious populations unable to pay for medical care.

The documentary will follow these heroes as they go out of their way to bring medical care – while dealing with the harsh and often lonely journeys on land, in the mountains, and on water. 
 

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