Sabtu, 28 Maret 2009

Making health care for all a reality


  • Every minute, a woman with no medical care dies in pregnancy or childbirth
  • Every hour, 300 people die of an AIDS-related illness
  • Every day, 4,000 children die of diarrhoea caused by dirty water

Millions of people in poor countries get low-quality health care, or are forced to go without it altogether. Fees are too high, hospitals and clinics are too few, and lack of medical staff means people struggle to get treated.

The result?

Unimaginable suffering – much of it absolutely preventable. And ever-deepening poverty too, because illness affects people’s work, and damages economies.

And until people get basic services like cheap health care and clean water, it’s going to continue.

Doctors – a luxury?

Good health care is a fundamental right, not a luxury.

People everywhere should be able to visit a local clinic or hospital, and get care and affordable medicines, whenever they need them.

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