NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation has sought clarification from the central government on whether the cough medicine that killed children in India was exported to other countries. The WHO also said that it will examine in detail whether a global warning should be issued on the use of Coldrif syrup, which killed 20 children in Madhya Pradesh. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had linked the deaths of at least 70 children in The Gambia from acute kidney injuries in 2022 to contaminated cough syrups made by the India-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals. The World Health Organisation had warned that four cough syrups exported from India to Gambia were of substandard quality and could have caused the deaths of children, months before the CDS report was released.

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