One of the campaigns of aid to the underdeveloped countries that I liked the most is the one that has been carrying out, for a few months, Doctors Without Borders, which consists in sending the aid through the sale in pharmacies of the calls "Pills against the pain of others".
Medication for almost everything exists in the northern hemisphere of the world. When something hurts a child, we can give him medication. If it is cold, syrup, if they have colic, pellets or droplets, if they have gases, infusions and so on until they try anything that seems to us that comes out of normal (usually falling into excess). However, in underdeveloped countries (sorry, I know I should call them "developing", but my personal ethic prevents me from lying), diseases like kala azar, Chagas, tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, malaria or childhood AIDS They charge no less than 8,000 lives a day.
Another rooster would sing if those 8,000 people who perish daily had access to the drugs we have here. For this reason they have been put on sale in our pharmacies "Pills against the pain of others", so that, by buying them, we help all those people who cannot do it where they are most needed.
What are they really?
They are not pills that we buy to send to the most needy countries. They are simply Pectol candies with menthol-eucalyptus flavor (6 come in each box), with vitamin C and without sugar, of the typical ones we take when we are congested and help you breathe.
How much do the "Pills against the pain of others" cost?
Little, too little. Each box has a cost of 1 euro. The benefits obtained from the sale of these pills are intended for the treatment of the diseases mentioned above and the prospectus explains how much money is needed, in a representative way, to do something for the population of underdeveloped countries.
What effects do the pills have?
Each box becomes 1 euro of medical aid For people suffering from neglected diseases:
- With 1 euro, 3 children suffering from malaria can be treated.
- With 20 euros you can get a complete treatment to 12 adults sick of Chagas.
- With 100 euros, a child can be treated with antiretrovirals for 1 year.
- With 10 euros, diagnostic tests for a person's sleeping sickness can be performed.
- With 70 euros a patient with tuberculosis can be treated for 6 months.
- With 160 euros you can buy medicines to treat a kala azar patient
More information
You can get more information on the website www.pastillascontraeldolorajeno.com, by calling 902 25 25 03 or by contacting Doctors Without Borders at the e-mail [email protected].
