World Campaigns

This page summarizes my perception of some key issues and links to pages on each topic and the World Campaigning organizations with more information.

	- The HIPC, Highly Indebted Poor Countries
	. The stark contrast between Western and Developing countries Health standards

Prague Demonstrations

If you watched the BBC2 program on Prague demonstrations, 5thOctober 1999, you may have noticed the big crosses at the front of the march. David was just visible in on the RHS fourth row! First time on the tele!

Drop the Debt.

	1.2 B people exist on <$1/day (1 in 5 of the worlds population)
	1 in 2 exist on < $2/day

	The poor countries pay $60M / day to the West in debt repayments ($22B/year).
	In Many countries debt repayments are 2 times spend on health.

	G7 have promised $100B to cancel debt
	So far actually given £13B

4 pence per British taxpayer per week would cancel the debt to Britain of the 52 most indebted

Health

Western societies become hysterical when a few people die. Panics if there is some food poisoning or CJD. Or even when just three people died in New York from Mosquitoes. Meanwhile millions die in the developing world. Drugs companies spend the vast majority of their research in Western diseases (and none threatening ailments) whilst diseases of the third world are ignored because they couldn't pay for the drugs

6 diseases cause 90% of deaths (from infectious disease)

	Acute Respitory -pneumonia
	Tuberculosis
	Malaria
	Diarrhea
	Measles
	AIDs

A child dies every 3 seconds from infectious disease

1 in 5 children die before the age of 5 in some countries

3,000/day die from Malaria; 3/4 are children

4,000 a day die from Tuberculosis

2,500 per day die from Measles, the most infectious disease

Access to drinking water can save communities from Diarrhea - a major cause of death among infants

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