Hundreds of children have died worldwide due to fake medicines of Indian companies

Hundreds of children have died worldwide due to fake medicines of Indian companies

It was also revealed that Indian pharmaceutical companies paid bribes of 60,000 dollars to hide the deaths of children. New Delhi: Hundreds of children around the world have died due to the substandard medicines of Indian pharmaceutical companies, it has been revealed that the companies use harmful ingredients in the preparation of medicines. According to…

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Syria-Türkiye earthquakes: Food, shelter and medicines among latest aid deliveries

Syria-Türkiye earthquakes: Food, shelter and medicines among latest aid deliveries

The trucks carried items from the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, including food commodities, shelter, hygiene, and other supplies.  Most of the trucks, 47, went through the Bab al-Hawa crossing and the remainder entered through Bab al-Salam, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in…

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Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report

Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report

A lack of access to healthcare and medicines has been fuelling a host of opportunists aimed at filling the gaps, the report Trafficking in Medical Products in the Sahel shows. But, this supply and an imbalance in demand, has triggered deadly results. Bitter pill of trafficking In sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to…

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