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CC Newsletter 06 Oct- Deaths of Children due to contaminated cough syrups- Role of the Drug Controller of India

Dear Friend, During the last few years, the use of spurious cough syrup in India has caused deaths of infants. Eleven children lost their lives due to this in J&K in 2020. There were several such instances in other States. The latest in this sad saga is the news about more than sixty innocent children losing their lives in Gambia, when they were administered similar spurious cough syrups supplied by a pharma company in Haryana. The WHO has issued an advisory against its further use, bringing discredit to the Indian pharma industry If you think the contents of this newsletter are critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our newsletter here http://www.countercurrents.org/news-letter/. In Solidarity Binu Mathew Editor Countercurrents.org Deaths of Children due to contaminated cough syrups- Role of the Drug ...

CC Newsletter 10 Sept - Horn of Africa Moving Rapidly Towards Famine, Millions Face Starvation

  Dear Friend, The greater part of the Horn of Africa region is seeing a steady worsening of hunger and starvation, as four years of rain failure have tasted the limits of the coping mechanisms of people. In Somalia, a country of around 16 million people, nearly 260,000 people are reported to have died in the famine of 2010-11. The international community was alerted to the serious threat at a very late stage then. This year there have been more warnings from the United Nations and other sources but nevertheless aid commitments are much lesser than actual needs. If you think the contents of this newsletter are critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our newsletter here http://www.countercurrents.org/news-letter/. In Solidarity Binu Mathew Editor Countercurrents.org Horn of Africa Moving Rapidly Towards Fami...

CC Newsletter 28 Aug - US Needs to End the Collective Punishment of the Afghan People

  Dear Friend, According to the United Nations, the current situation in Afghanistan is “unparalleled.” Over 24 million people require humanitarian assistance to survive, and approximately 95 percent of the country’s population has insufficient food. Malnutrition is on the rise, with many Afghans resorting to selling body parts to feed their families. If you think the contents of this newsletter are critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our newsletter here http://www.countercurrents.org/news-letter/. In Solidarity Binu Mathew Editor Countercurrents.org As Millions Suffer, the US Needs to End the Collective Punishment of the Afghan People by Farrah Hassen https://countercurrents.org/2022/08/as-millions-suffer-the-us-needs-to-end-the-collective-punishment-of-the-afghan-people/ According to the United Nation...