4 things we know about the toxic cough syrups linked to deaths of nearly 70 children in The Gambia. 👉🏾
Its manufacturing plants are required to adhere to stringent quality-control standards and production practices.
One analysis of India's pharmaceutical industry points to underfunding of oversight bodies and a lax interpretation of regulations as key issues,Public-health activist Dinesh Thakur also highlights the relatively light punishment in India for flouting quality standards - a fine of $242 and a possible prison sentence of up to two years.
Also, India is not included in the WHO standards for national bodies that regulate medicines, although it is for vaccines. But The Gambia's Medicine Control Agency executive director Markieu Janneh Kaira says it prioritises checks on anti-malarial drugs, antibiotics and painkillers, rather than cough syrup.The Gambia's President, Adama Barrow, has said he "would get to the bottom" of the causes of the tragedy and announced the creation of "a quality-control national laboratory for drugs and food safety".
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