VISIT
http://www.msf.org/Read the following letter and then forward it to your friends, relations,
co-workers and peers and raise awareness of the 'Drop the Case' petition by
MSF.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) asks you to support South Africa's efforts
to make essential medicines more accessible to its people by signing the
global 'Drop the Case' petition at
http://www.msf.org/ by April 15.
The petition calls on 39 pharmaceutical companies to drop their lawsuit
against the South African government. The lawsuit is blocking the
implementation of legislation that aims to improve access to essential
medicines by making drugs more affordable.
With over four million people already infected with HIV, South Africa has
the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world. Very few
can afford the treatment that has extended and improved the lives of people
in richer countries. High prices are effectively denying medicines to poor
patients, condemning them to a premature death.
MSF asks you to visit our website at
http://www.msf.org/ to sign the
petition and demonstrate your support.
Please also forward this message to other concerned people that you know.
MSF is working with organisations around the world to try to collect as
many signatures as possible by mid-April, when the case resumes in court.
We will then present the signatures to the 39 drug companies and to
governments.
Thank you for your concern
Medecins Sans
Frontieres
http://www.msf.org/
