Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were “very likely” to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters. At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died[Read More…]
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E/Guinea Confirms First-Ever Marburg Outbreak
Equatorial Guinea Monday confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease after preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country’s western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for the viral haemorrhagic fever. Equatorial Guinean health authorities sent samples to the Institut Pasteur reference[Read More…]
In AKI Deaths, Gov’t Urged To Hold Accountable Maiden Pharmaceuticals
The National Assembly Select Committee on Health on Tuesday released its much-awaited report, urging Gambia government to hold Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd accountable for the death of dozens of children. “The government should pursue legal action against Maiden Pharmaceuticals for exporting contaminated drugs to The Gambia with the Atlantic brand name,”[Read More…]
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