India is investigating the deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia that the World Health Organization (WHO) said may be linked to a cough syrup made in the South Asian nation, two people from India’s health ministry have told the Reuters news agency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on[Read More…]
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Rash Of Child Deaths In Gambia Linked To Cough Syrups Made In India – WHO
The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The findings, announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, followed tests on several medicinal syrups[Read More…]
No Native Dermatologist In The Gambia
The Gambia currently has no native dermatologist, JollofNews can report. The situation has apparently piled an unsustainable pressure on the skin clinic at the country’s main referral hospital. The dermatology unit of Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) is the only public skin clinic in The Gambia, seeing more than[Read More…]
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