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Birmingham Friends of the Earth Newsletter October/November 2001

Your Money or Your Life?
Why the US government stands accused of robbing poor people of their health.
The WTO and the US government are pushing for patent laws in developing countries to block them from producing or buying cheaper versions of new drugs for up to 20 years.
HIV/AIDS, malaria & tuberculosis kill more than 37,000 people every day in the developing world, many through lack of access to affordable medicine.
Join demands from governments, charities, churches and health bodies across the world to change trade rules to benefit the poor.
Please sign Oxfam's online petition to the US government at www.oxfam.or.uk/unclesam or ring 0121 609 4102 for more information.
Eliot Whittington, Oxfam Campaigns Officer


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