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    Snakebites And Kissing Bugs Among Surprise Items On World Health Agenda

    Unpredictable moments involved the cost of drugs, the fight against snakebites and kissing bugs ... and reproductive rights.
    by Brian Simpson May 28, 2019 3 minutes
    The black mamba is a large venomous snake found in Africa. The World Health Organization estimates that up to 138,000 people die from a snakebite each year.

    Staid and steeped in parliamentary rules, the annual World Health Assembly is a mostly predictable exercise. Delegates from 194 member states of the World Health Organization gather each May to plod through a lengthy agenda and haggle over policies and priorities for the WHO's upcoming year. A few decisions are momentous, most mundane.

    Yet the May gathering always yields some surprises. This year's meeting, which ended Tuesday, was no exception. From royalty to kissing bugs and sexual rights

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