Umuyobozi Mukuru w’Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku buzima (OMS), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, yasabye ko hakorwa iperereza ryimbitse hakamenyekana niba imiti ine y’abana ya Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup na Magrip N Cold Syrup ikorerwa mu Buhinde ari yo nyirabayazana w’imfu z’abana 66 bo muri Gambia baherutse gupfa.
Ni imiti ifungurwa isanzwe ikorwa n’uruganda karundura mu gukora imiti myinshi rwa Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited (Haryana, India), yoherezwa cyane muri Afurika.
ibipimo by’ihanze byafashwe byagaragaje ko iyo mti irimo kimwe mu biyigize cya diethylene glycol na ethylene glycol, bigira ingaruka ku mpyiko z’umwana uyinyoye.
Nubwo iyo miti yagaragaye muri Gambia hari icyoba ko yaba yarageze no mu bindi bice bya Afurika binyuze mu masoko atemewe.
