No-one should have to check their wallet before seeing a doctor
Good health care is a fundamental right, not a luxury. It's vital to saving the lives of women in pregnancy or childbirth. But in poor countries people are being forced to pay for private care when they simply can't afford it.
Make free public health care a reality for all
The pursuit of profits means private health care is often either too expensive for most people in poor countries, or so low quality it risks lives.
Despite these problems, aid donors are actually pushing for more aid money - that's the cash which helps pay for things like hospitals, drugs and nurses in poor countries - to be spent on private services.
This must change. The international community must start taking public services seriously - and that means paying for health services provided by government that are proven to deliver for the poorest people. Only poor countries that rely mainly on public health services have succeeded in providing health care for all.
Email Douglas Alexander, UK Secretary of State for International Development, and tell him that the UK government must lead the way by championing free public health care for poor countries.
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Oxfam has joined up with UNISON to call for quality public health services for poor countries.
