In early 2007, four children under 36 months of age died from choking while trying to swallow albendazole tablets during a deworming campaign in Ethiopia.
Notes on verification
Core facts (4 deaths, albendazole, Ethiopia, 2007) corroborated by WHO-derived secondary sources (PLOS NTD papers 2018, 2022) and a primary-source-matching Italian health portal citation, but all trace back to a single WHO 2007 report rather than independent verification. Specific details like exact age bracket (<36 months) and precise timing (early 2007/first months) are not independently confirmed in secondary academic literature, only in the source matching the original claim.
Sources
- L'Oms sottolinea l'urgenza di garantire la sicurezza dei farmaci per l'infanzia (epicentro.iss.it)
- https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0006578 (journals.plos.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6014639/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)