WHO says toxic syrup risk “ongoing”, more countries hit
London, UKReuters There is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization told Reuters, saying it was now working with six more countries than previously revealed to track the potentially deadly children’s medicines. The UN agency has already named nine countries where tainted syrups may have been on sale, after […]
WHO urges “immediate action” after cough syrup deaths
London, UKReuters The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. In 2022, more than 300 children – mainly aged under five – in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney injury, in deaths […]
Essay: ‘End COVID For All’ and the five surprises on aid
TIM COSTELLO, executive director of Micah Australia and spokesperson for the ‘End COVID For All’ campaign, applauds recent Australian Government decisions to help the nation’s regional neighbours through the COVID-19 crisis…
Updated: Australian aid agencies welcome increased COVID-19 support for neighbours but urge increased long term giving
Updated: 5:30pm Australian aid agencies and anti-poverty advocates have welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to set aside one-off support of almost $A305 million for the COVID-19 response and recovery in Pacific nations and Timor Leste as part of its Federal Budget but say the amount given to aid foreign nations doesn’t go far enough. Tim […]
Australia offers East Timor aid package on anniversary
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia will refurbish a naval base and help bring high-speed internet to the tiny Pacific nation of East Timor, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, the latest effort by Canberra to win influence in the region. The aid package follows similar assistance for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as Australia […]