What is BUKO Pharma-Kampagne?

http://www.en.bukopharma.de/BUKO Pharma-Kampagne was founded with the aim of examining the activities of the German pharmaceutical industry in Third World countries. We want to implement changes by taking  special actions and informing the public in detail. Pharma-Kampagne is a campaigning group of the Bundeskoordination Internationalismus(BUKO) (Federal Coordination of Internationalism) uniting 130 German action and solidarity groups working in favour of the Third World. More than 20 years ago, BUKO Pharma-Kampagne started to pay attention to the theme "Drugs and the Third World ". Today it is one of the few organisations in Germany that has a critical look at the dark side of the drug market in the North and in the South. Its commitment protects patients and consumers. BUKO Pharma-Kampagne supports the human right to healthy living conditions. Therefore it discusses also the negative repercussions of economic globalisation. We work closely with health and consumer groups all over the world. In collaboration with the international health network Health Action International(HAI) we managed to reveal many risks to health resulting in major improvements to healthcare policy in recent years.How does BUKO Pharma-Kampagne work?BUKO Pharma-Kampagne observes the marketing practices of German drug companies in the Third World and in Germany. For not all drugs are useful. We examine what is rational and what is essential, and criticise the sale of dangerous and use...
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