How snakebites became an invisible health crisis in Congo

Daily life is fraught with danger for people living in remote areas of a country where health funding is as scarce as specialist medicine All photographs by Hugh Kinsella CunninghamIn the vast jungles that cover the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the world’s most invisible health crises burns on. The country’s extensive equatorial forests are home to numerous species of venomous snakes, but their habitat is shared by secluded communities that are being forced to look furthe