Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)

None Of Four Cough Syrups Linked To Death Of 66 Children In Gambia Available For Sale In India, Say Distributors

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Government of India has ordered a probe after WHO issued a warning about the drugs manufactured by Haryana-based pharmaceutical firm None of the four cough syrups — Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup — being linked to the death of 66 children in the Gambia is available for sale in India, said the All India Organisation of Chemists and Distributors (AIOCD). The group said it had assured the Drug Controller of India that in case these drugs were in the…

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Prevention Or Cure: What You Must Know About Killer Marburg Virus

Ganiyu Amodu

Here, as a part of Platforms Africa solution journalism, is all you may need to know about Marburg Virus, which is, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), a cousin of equally deadly Ebola virus. Senior medical expert, Dr. Omotuyi Mebawondu, shares useful insights on the virus with fatality rate up to 88%. during the Platforms Africa e-Discourse. Excepts;   Can we say the World is safe from COVID-19? Yes and No With more that 550 million cases worldwide, 6 million deaths and over 12 billion shots of vaccines, we…

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