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NIGERIA: Painkiller leaves 84 children dead

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Health authorities in Nigeria announced on 4 February that 84 children have died and a further 27 have fallen ill since November as a result of...

Nigeria buys baby poison antidote

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7763142.stm

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Nigerian medical authorities are flying in 100 doses of an antidote to try and stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a contaminated teething...

Nigeria tests drug after deaths of children

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7754027.stm

Friday, November 28, 2008

All paracetamol-based drugs prescribed in Nigeria are being tested after the deaths of 29 children, who had taken contaminated medicine, officials...

'Bad syrup' kills Nigerian babies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7750464.stm

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Nigeria's food and drug agency says that 25 children aged between three months and four years have died after taking a contaminated teething syrup....