Families Of Children Who Died After Taking Cough Syrups Reject $20,000 Compensation From Government

In October 2022, the World Health Organization announced a global alert over four brands of cough syrups, saying they could be linked to acute kidney damage.

This followed reports linking the drugs to acute kidney problems in children in the Gambia of children.

The Gambian Ministry of Gender have offered the families $20,000 to be shared among them but the families rejected the offer.