New Delhi, July 25 -- A joint report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has highlighted cases where toxic chemical laced drugs like cough syrups supplied from India contributed to serious health crises in countries like The Gambia and Indonesia.
The WHO-UNODC report, titled "Contaminated Medicines and Integrity of the Pharmaceutical Excipients Supply Chain", examines eight incidents across countries including India, The Gambia, and Indonesia. It noted that children suffered preventable harm or death after consuming cough syrups contaminated with hazardous chemicals like diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG).
In the Indian case, the report refers to an incident from No...