death of dozens of young children in Gambia of acute kidney injury may be associated with contaminated cough and cold drink made by an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
the findings, announced By the Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, follow the tests on Several suspected medicinal drinks of It caused 66 deaths among children in The small A country in West Africa.
Tedros told reporters that the UN agency is conducting an investigation with Indian regulators and the company that made The syrups, Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Based in New Delhi.
Midden Pharma declined to me commentDuring calls and messages to the General Drug Controller of India went unanswered. The Indian Ministry of Health did not respond to the request for comment.
The World Health Organization has issued a warning about a medicinal product on On Wednesday, regulators are asked to remove Maiden Pharma merchandise from market.
The products may have been distributed elsewhere through informal markets, but they have only been identified so far in The Gambia World Health Organization said in On alert.
The alert covers four products: Promethazine Oral Solution, Covexmalin Children’s Cough Syrup, Makoff Children’s Cough Syrup, and Magrip-N Cold Syrup.
Laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of “unacceptable” quantities. of Ethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which can be toxic and lead In acute kidney injurysaid the World Health Organization.
medical officers in Gambia sounded the alarm in July after dozens of children started getting sick with the kidneys problems. The deaths baffled medics before a pattern emerged: dozens of Patients younger than 5 years old were sick three to five days after ingesting locally sold paracetamol syrup.
Gambia manager of The health services, Mustafa Batay, said the same thing problems been detected in Another drink is that the ministry is waiting confirmation of The results.
He said the number of Deaths decreased off in Recent weeks and so sale of products made Banned by Maiden Pharmaceuticals. However, until recently, some of Juices were still sold in private clinics and in Hospitals, he said.
The Gambia Drug Control Agency sent a message on Tuesday for health professionals ordering They should stop selling any of Products listed by the World Health Organization.
Maiden Pharmaceuticals manufactures medicines in its facilities in India, which it then sells domestically as well as exported to it countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, by location website.
