Actions | Global Health

43

Shoes for Kenyans: Make a Difference through KIVA!

A group of five friends at the University of Cincinnati have started an initiative to bring awareness and aid to those who lack a basic necessity that so many of us take for granted. While many of ...

Started by Benjamin Combs

Sign this petition »
596

Tell Congress to Fight Pneumonia and Save the Lives of Children

Close to 9 million children under five will die this year -- and every year -- from preventable and treatable diseases like pneumonia. They die because they were born in poorer countries ...

Started by Save the Children

Sign this petition »
38

Target & Walmart Caught Selling Lead-Tainted Products for Children, Again!

It's unbelievable: Target and Walmart, two of the nation's top retailers, are still profiting from products that expose your children to lead. Our recent tests found lead-contaminated Walmart and ...

(2 comments)

Started by Alan Haggard

Make this pledge »
137

Ask EPA To Ban Carcinogenic Pesticide Methyl Iodide

Under the Bush administration the EPA approved this carcinogenic new pesticide. However, a week ago, we heard promising news. The EPA has just indicated that it plans to re-consider methyl iodide, ...

(7 comments)

Started by Alan Haggard

Make this pledge »
22

Stop The Special-Interest Assault On The FDA

For many years, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has been urging the Food and Drug Administration to require that oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico during warm-water months be ...

(1 comment)

Started by Alan Haggard

Make this pledge »
20

Ask Congress To Protect Pregnant Women From Toxic Cosmetics

We'd like to think that mama's belly is a safe, non-toxic environment. Yet according to research released today, pregnant women's bodies are polluted with chemicals found in consumer products - inc...

(1 comment)

Started by Alan Haggard

Make this pledge »
89

Paid Sick Leave for Workers with H1N1 is ESSENTIAL to the Health of the Nation

Swine flu is causing "an American emergency" as employees who lack paid sick leave go to work despite being ill and spread the disease, US lawmakers were told Tuesday. The A(H1N1) virus "is causin...

Started by Florence Gray

Sign this petition »
203

Increasing Access to Medicine

Change.org will petition on behalf of The Philadelphia Consensus Statement. We are calling on luminaries in science, medicine, law, and health policy to implement it within their institutions. This...

Started by Incia Zaffar

Sign this petition »
49

Save Untold Lives and Dollars, Education Cures Mental Illnes

An intelligent person has a well-working human brain. The child mind is a physical senses orientated, powerless, naive mentality, automatically reacting to the environment. A positive environment e...

Started by Clover Greene

Sign this petition »
223

Support Countdown to 2015

The Countdown to 2015 Initiative has been proposed to track the coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality. It calls on governments and ...

Started by Incia Zaffar

Sign this petition »