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Codeine addiction in South Africa — new guideline aims to curb abuse

Maverick Citizen

Codeine addiction in South Africa — new guideline aims to curb abuse

By Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight

Confronting the crisis of unsafe medicines in Africa — a call for heightened regulatory vigilance

Africa

Confronting the crisis of unsafe medicines in Africa — a call for heightened regulatory vigilance

By Lenias Hwenda, Farai Masekela and Wayne Muller

Popular South Africa cough syrup brands pulled from shelves over safety fears

South Africa

Popular South Africa cough syrup brands pulled from shelves over safety fears

By Estelle Ellis

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

Newsdeck

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

By Reuters

Regulator warns of possible SA availability of lethal cough medicine responsible for child deaths in Gambia

South Africa

Regulator warns of possible SA availability of lethal cough medicine responsible for child deaths in Gambia

By Estelle Ellis

South Africa

Purple menace – South African teens embrace codeine-fuelled DIY high

By Zano Kunene, Linda Pretorius and Joan van Dyk

The minister and the metaphor – a patient’s guide to legal medicine imports

South Africa

The minister and the metaphor – a patient’s guide to legal medicine imports

By Salomé Meyer and Andy Gray