Who is Juma?
Juma is a 5 year old boy who daily goes to school and aspires to become a great person one day.
One day, he wakes up amidst high fever. His mother immediately takes him to a doctor and he is diagnosed with malaria. Juma's mother buys the tablets at a local shop. Tablets that cost her the little money she earned in the market that day. Tablet that should save the life of Juma.
His mother makes sure that he gets the medicine on time. But still, Juma becomes sicker and sicker. He sinks into a coma and dies in the early hours of the following morning leaving his mother devastated.
A young mother lost her 5-year old to malaria. The malaria drugs she bought looked like the real medicine, but contained nothing more than chalk. They were 100 % fake.
Like Juma, every year 100,000 children die after taking fake malaria drugs.
Malaria drugs should cure children, not kill them.
On the occasion of World Malaria Day, It becomes our responsibility to help people who are dying due to the supply of fake anti-malarial drugs in Africa.
The anti-malarial drugs are believed to be imported from Asian countries like China and India and around 1/3 of all malaria drugs sold in Africa are fake. Fake malaria drugs kill hundreds of innocent children everyday.Juma is a 5 year old boy who daily goes to school and aspires to become a great person one day.
One day, he wakes up amidst high fever. His mother immediately takes him to a doctor and he is diagnosed with malaria. Juma's mother buys the tablets at a local shop. Tablets that cost her the little money she earned in the market that day. Tablet that should save the life of Juma.
His mother makes sure that he gets the medicine on time. But still, Juma becomes sicker and sicker. He sinks into a coma and dies in the early hours of the following morning leaving his mother devastated.
A young mother lost her 5-year old to malaria. The malaria drugs she bought looked like the real medicine, but contained nothing more than chalk. They were 100 % fake.
Like Juma, every year 100,000 children die after taking fake malaria drugs.
Malaria drugs should cure children, not kill them.
On the occasion of World Malaria Day, It becomes our responsibility to help people who are dying due to the supply of fake anti-malarial drugs in Africa.
African governments are engaged in the fight against these killer drugs but need international support to end its production and export from Asia. During the past year, an estimated 250.000 people have lost their lives due to fake drugs. The problem is severe and is still getting worse.Malaria is an infectious disease that kills 650.000 people, mainly young children in Africa, every year. Good malaria drugs make a difference between life and death.
Sign the Juma petition to:
Persuade the Governments of India and China to take action against the illegal production of fake malaria drugs; Convince the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) that fake malaria drugs need to be a priority issue and support governments of malaria endemic countries in their war against fake malaria drugs.
Follow the link to sign the Juma petition:
http://www.fakedrugskill.org
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