A batch of NATURCOLD Syrup found in Cameroon has been flagged by WHO as contaminated with diethylene glycol, exceeding safe limits by a shocking 28.6%! This toxic substance can be fatal when consumed and poses serious risks, especially for children. Risks: Abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, altered mental state, and acute kidney injury leading to death. ...
Some good news: In just a few years, the WHO South-Asia Region has made incredible strides in controlling rubella. Vaccine coverage has skyrocketed from 12% to 86%, cases have dropped from 5.5 to 1.1 per million, and elimination has been achieved in the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Let’s celebrate this tremendous progress together! For more information ...
Attention to all. WHO has issued a Medical Product Alert N°4/2023 regarding substandard (contaminated) syrup medicines CRM:0557513. Please check out the WHO website in all 6 UN languages for more information and forward this to relevant end-users, National Regulatory Authorities, procurers, and any other relevant colleagues and organizations. WHO urges increased scrutiny of these products. ...
WHO warns of falsified DEFITELIO batch containing NO active ingredients. This could lead to ineffective treatment and serious health risks, including life-threatening situations. Please see the attached alert and do not hesitate to share it with anybody potentially interested/concerned.
Our regulatory expert Ms Linda Mudyiwenyama who is supporting the Rwanda FDA has participated in the first face-to-face meeting of the WHO Advisory Group on Blood Regulation, Availability and Safety (AG-BRAS) held at WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland on March 7-8, 2023. The Advisory Group functions to support programs and activities in blood regulation and transfusion ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) GSDP (Good Storage and Distribution Practices) standards (Annex 7 – TRS 1025 – Good storage and distribution practices for medical products ) published in 06/2020 is now available in French on the link Bonnes pratiques de stockage et de distribution des produits médicaux, as well as the “WHO Model guidance ...
Interview between the FDA’s Office of Global Policy and Strategy’s Communications Team and Dr. Paul Huleatt on the Member State Mechanism and his work as the Chair of the Mechanism’s Steering Committee. On top of being the Chair of the Mechanism’s Steering Committee, Dr. Huleatt represents Australia and the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific ...
This WHO medical product alert refers to batches of TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT USP 1% manufactured by Galentic Pharma (India) Pvt. Ltd.This ointment is usually indicated for use in bacterial blepharitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, bacterial keratitis, and trachoma.However, five international procurers of the product independently conducted a visual examination of random samples of stock on hand ...
The World Health Organization is organizing a 5-day seminar in Geneva, aimed at professionals working in the pharmaceutical sector in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this seminar is to allow participants to deepen their knowledge on critical issues such as the quality, supply, pricing issues, regulations, and falsified products, and understand how WHO ...
The following message is courtesy of Dr. Raffaella Ravinetto, Public Health Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium. Dear Friends, Sadly, I am sharing one more WHO Alert that concerns a poor-quality medicine that harmed children. As the Alert reads, “following adverse events in pediatric patients receiving METHOTREXTM 50mg, the health authorities in both Yemen ...
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