Don't Moan, Organize! Don't Groan, Mobilize!
Harder times for those who already have tough times are arriving. Poor people living with diseases such as Cancer, HIV, Diabetes, CVD, COPD, Hepatitis or TB are now feeling the effects of cruel cut backs in global funding, and decreasing solidarity. Our suffering grows, and families and caregivers are being burdened more every day. Austerity has driven dark clouds over the landscape with governments around the world abandoning their earlier commitments to increase affordable access to care for hundreds of millions in need. Health services are being cut-back, essential medicines stocked-out and our hopes for survival beat down. The human right to health is under attack from powerful people who do not worry about affording anything. Unaccountable and top-down health systems, infected by corruption and vested interests, are not going to lead on finding solutions. It's no surprise that this state of global health is depressing and demoralizing people living with life threatening diseases and advocates everywhere. It's making us sick!

From the Bronx to Brazzaville, Durban to Delhi, it's now critical to mobilize to fight for the rights that all the UN Member States (Our Governments!) have agreed to fulfill. "How can we help this to happen?" That's one of the key questions that we want and need your views on. Come to #MeetUpMondays on twitter and SMS — Share-Up Speak-Up! It's time to Rise-Up for our collective health. Don't Moan, Organize! Don't Groan, Mobilize!