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Email the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis

Vital medicines are priced out of the reach of poor people. This is in violation of the promises made five years ago by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to make life-saving medicines available and affordable to all. As a result, millions of poor people in developing countries are dying because they can't afford the medicines they so desperately need. Global drug company, Novartis, must stop denying India the right to produce cheaper medicines for poor people worldwide!

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/campaign/mtf/a2m.htm?ito=2505&itc=0

(Added: Wed Nov 15 2006   Hits: 256)

Support Bolivia's Campaign for Water Rights!

Despite a recent independent audit showing that Suez owes the government of Bolivia approximately US$6 million in unpaid fines and fees, the global water corporation is demanding compensation for its own botched operations. Bolivians demanded water rights but Suez has threatened to fight them at the World Bank's secret court. Tell Suez CEO to respect El Alto / La Paz water rights!

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/Alerts/campaign-to-kick-suez-out-of-bolivia-and-the-americas-1

(Added: Wed Oct 25 2006   Modified: Fri Jan 12 2007   Hits: 295)

20 Things You Can Do To Help Make Dow Responsible For Bhopal

20 years after the tradgedy in Bhopal, The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal provides a list of 20 things you can do to make Dow responsible.

http://www.bhopal.net/gda/todo.htm

(Added: Tue Dec 14 2004   Hits: 475)

Campaigners in India take on 'Big Pharma'

Indian civil society have taken to the streets to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS can access life-prolonging treatment. Campaigners have been protesting in New Delhi to oppose one pharmaceutical company´s attempt to put profit before public health. TAKE ACTION NOW and email the Indian Government to tell India NOT to grant this life threatening patent.

http://peopleandplanet.org/navid2270

(Added: Fri Jun 23 2006   Modified: Mon Jun 26 2006   Hits: 232)

Dirty aid, dirty water: Take action for Sierra Leone

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa has been awarded a major aid contract by the UK government. The company has been contracted to advise the Sierra Leonean government on the privatisation of 24 state-owned companies, including the public water company in Freetown, the capital city. The water utility in Freetown needs urgent reform. But before any such reform can take place there must be a full and meaningful consultation process, which looks at all options, including that of keeping water in public hands. Based on PWC Africa's water privatisation track record and statements made by the company and its employees, PwC Africa appears to have an ideological attachment to water privatisation and therefore should not be relied upon to run a full, meaningful and even-handed consultation process. Email PwC Africa now and demand that they withdraw from this contract unless the UK government drops the water component.

http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/aid/action/pwc.php

(Added: Wed Oct 18 2006   Hits: 277)

Expose the Reality Behind Bottled Water

Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi are misleading consumers into believing that bottled water is better for you than tap water--but the fact is that bottled water is actually less regulated! These corporations have spent tens of thousands of dollars to convince us that bottled water is cleaner, healthier and safer than tap water. So, as these corporations profit off our water, they are undermining support for our public water supplies, which could pave the way for corporate privatization of our public water systems. Tell Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi to stop misleading promotion of their bottled water brands and to stop interfering in policies that protect our water.

http://www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/campaign/exposebottledwater

(Added: Thu Feb 15 2007   Hits: 349)

Global boycott of Abbott products

Thai communities and activists in solidarity with HIV/AIDS activists around the world are calling for a global boycott of Abbott products in response to their recent callous decision to withdrawal all their current medications awaiting registration in addition to refusing to register any new pharmaceutical products in Thailand.

http://www.petitiononline.com/bcottabb/petition.html

(Added: Mon Mar 26 2007   Hits: 256)

Global Exchange Action Center

Global Exchange's action centre provides you the means to take action on a number of issues. Make a call. Send a letter. Send a fax. Let your voice be heard.

http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/actions.html

(Added: Thu Feb 20 2003   Modified: Thu Jun 15 2006   Hits: 534)

Health Action AIDS Campaign

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is arguably the greatest health crisis of our time. The Health Action AIDS Campaign at Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals to support a comprehensive AIDS strategy and advocates for unprecedented funds to combat the disease (Physicians for Human Rights 2007).

http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/hiv-aids/

(Added: Fri Nov 16 2007   Hits: 72)

Help Protect People's Health in Guadalajara, Mexico!

For more than 30 years, untreated industrial effluent and sewage from the metropolis of Guadalajara has flowed into the Santiago River. In 2001, the National Water Commission (CNA) declared the Santiago River unsuitable as a source of drinking water. Nevertheless, the National Water Commission proposes building the Arcediano Dam Project to supply water to Guadalajara. Residents of Guadalajara are concerned that the water will be unsuitable for human consumption, and that the proposed treatment facilities will be inadequate for removing the toxic heavy metals and organic wastes that have accumulated in the Santiago River. Communities are demanding that a comprehensive health impact assessment is conducted before construction of the project begins, and that alternative options for water supply are considered for Guadalajara City. Support the call for a comprehensive health impact assessment by writing to Mexican authorities today.

http://www.irn.org/action/061009mexico.php

(Added: Thu Nov 02 2006   Hits: 212)

Join the Global Fund in the fight to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

Select an image and tell us how it motivates you, speaks to you, or inspires you to make a difference in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. For every submission, Getty Images will donate US$ 10 to Friends of the Global Fight. Add your name to the ONE Campaign's declarationto ask that one percent of the U.S. budget go to helping the world's neediest countries overcome poverty and AIDS.

http://www.jointheglobalfund.org/actnow.asp

(Added: Wed Aug 16 2006   Hits: 221)

Justice for Victims of Agent Orange

Even though the Vietnam War ended 30 years ago, the US's saturation chemical bombing is still wreaking havoc on millions, including the newly born, making them third-generation victims. Nobody knows when the congenital deformities, one of many horrific health consequences of the toxic chemicals, will end. Sign this international online petition in solidarity with all the Agent Orange victims in Vietnam. Launched in 2004, more than 600,000 signatures have already been collected. (Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin)

http://www.greenleft.org.au/agent_orange.htm

(Added: Wed May 31 2006   Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007   Hits: 269)

Make a commitment to end HIV and AIDS

Things you can do include: * Becoming a volunteer for your local HIV charity or group. * Helping HIV groups to raise money to support their work. * Promoting the use of condoms. * Challenging any discrimination of people living with HIV and AIDS that you witness. * Learning more and spreading the word.

http://www.worldaidscampaign.info/index.php/en/participate#howind

(Added: Fri Dec 01 2006   Hits: 196)

No Smelters in Trinidad and Tobago!

Support these islands' fight against the building of two aluminum smelters by Alcoa on Trinidad by publicising their cause.

http://www.nosmeltertnt.com/fight_alcoa.html

(Added: Wed Oct 11 2006   Hits: 202)

PEOPLE BEFORE PATENTS: SIGN-ON TO HELP PROTECT ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MEDICINES!!

Pharmaceutical company Novartis is taking the Indian government to court. If the company wins, millions of people across the globe could have their sources of affordable medicines dry up.India produces affordable medicines that are vital to many people living in developing countries. Over half the medicines currently used for AIDS treatment in developing countries come from India and such medicines are used to treat over 80% of the 80,000 AIDS patients in Medecins Sans Frontieres projects (Medecins Sans Frontieres).

http://www.msf.org/petition_india/international.html

(Added: Tue Jun 05 2007   Hits: 206)

Sign the Declaration of Hope

Hope Spreads Faster than AIDS is a new campaign that allows individuals to show their support for the work of the Global Fund. Sign the Declaration of Hope, and your location and message will be added to an interactive map along with thousands of supporters from around the world. Then, show the world that hope spreads faster than AIDS by inviting your friends to join you and literally watch your hope spread across the globe.

http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/eVuMjugPnvgQmQCibulOTyqG

(Added: Mon Dec 04 2006   Hits: 189)

Sign the petition to stop female genital cutting

Both men and women in communities across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia see FGC as an important part of their cultural heritage and a valued rite of passage. But the practice can cause severe hemorrhaging, infection, long-term difficulties with intercourse and childbirth, and even death. Take a stand against female genital cutting and to help protect the nearly 2 million young girls who are at risk this year alone.

https://my.care.org/campaign/fgcpetition_progressive

(Added: Thu Oct 12 2006   Modified: Fri Dec 21 2007   Hits: 215)

Stop Biwater's attempt to sue one of the poorest countries in the world

Early in 2006 the Tanzanian Government spectacularly terminated a water privatisation contract with Biwater just two years into a ten year contract on the grounds that they had failed to improve water supplies. Now Biwater has launched a legal action at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes at the World Bank, on the grounds that the Government of Tanzania expropriated City Water's resources and failed to grant the company "fair and equitable treatment." This action will take years to resolve. This legal action will take up considerable resources of the Tanzanian Government which it can ill afford. Email Biwater now and demand that they withdraw from this legal action against the Tanzanian government.

http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/water/action/biwater.php

(Added: Fri Jan 12 2007   Hits: 174)

Stop Privatization of Generic AIDS Medicines in Brazil

Brazil's exemplary model for fighting AIDS in the developing world is being threatened by pricing practices of three United States pharmaceutical companies: Merck, Abbott and Bay Area-based Gilead. Ask George and Charlotte Swig Shultz to change the course of the global AIDS epidemic.

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/brazil/brazilaidsmeds.html

(Added: Fri Nov 10 2006   Hits: 205)

Stop the Export of U.S.-Funded Abstinence-Only HIV/AIDS Programs

'Abstinence-only' programs teach that abstaining from sex until marriage is the only effective way to prevent contracting HIV through sex. They deny young people critical information about condoms and other safer sex strategies, and promote marriage as a safeguard against HIV infection. These programs do not work, they violate kids' right to complete information about HIV/AIDS and leave young people at risk of contracting HIV in marriage, particularly women and girls. But the U.S. government is exporting them all over the world as part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Support Ugandan AIDS activists by adding your name to a sign-on letter to their Ministry of Health. Write to President Bush and Ambassador Randall Tobias

http://hrw.org/campaigns/aids/2005/uganda/

(Added: Tue Oct 03 2006   Hits: 309)

Support Indigenous Opposition to Gold Mine / Guatemala

In the Central American country of Guatemala which recently emerged from decades of devastating civil war, indigenous peoples are now facing another assault on their lands and their rights. The threat comes from powerful multinational mining companies, backed by the Guatemalan government and the World Bank. In the last five years, the Guatemalan government has granted over 250 mining concessions, covering roughly ten percent of the country. Ninety percent of this land is occupied by indigenous peoples, who are demanding immediate cancellation of the mining permits. Guatemalan human rights and environmental organizations charge that the government did not carry out a legitimate consultation process with indigenous populations before granting mining concessions on their lands. Support their campaign by writing a letter here.

http://www.globalresponse.org/gra.php?i=1/05

(Added: Mon Aug 28 2006   Hits: 253)

Tell Coke to Listen to the People & Stop Draining Their Water!

If current trends continue, two-thirds of the world's population will not have enough water by 2025. In their quest for profits, corporations like Coca-Cola add significantly to the problem. Coke is expanding aggressively into the bottled water industry. Through water depletion, pollution, and price gouging, Coke's practices threaten water supplies around the world. This is the reality in India where Coke has drained so much water that at least five communities face severe water shortages and health problems. Corporate Accountability International is challenging Coke to stop stealing water from local communities.

http://www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/campaign/coke_stop

(Added: Thu Feb 15 2007   Hits: 302)