# The Split-Second Decision That Led to Papua New Guinea

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Podcast: [Public Health Insight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-insight-361186)
Published: 2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00
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A young doctor faces a choice: wait in line after a lecture or go to the pub. He waits. Fast forward, he's on a plane to Papua New Guinea. He arrives expecting malaria research—but finds 25% of ICU beds filled with snakebite victims. Professor David Lalloo didn't plan to dedicate his life to one of the world's most neglected health crises. He stumbled into it. And it took until 2017 for the WHO to even recognize snakebite as a disease worth fighting. This is the story of how one split-s...

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