At least four African nations withdraw child cough syrup over toxicity fears : Ben Farmer / The Telegraph

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"Rwanda at the weekend joined Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa in recalling a batch of the syrup made by drugs giant Johnson and Johnson, which had been exported to a total of six African countries.

Laboratory tests by Nigeria’s health regulator last week reported high levels of diethylene glycol, which has been linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since 2022. Those deaths were traced back to different cough syrups manufactured in India and Indonesia.