The following people have agreed to be signatories to the this open invitation from the International Poverty and health Network to all health professionals.

Judith A. Oulton, chief executive officer, International Council of Nurses

Zorayda Leopando, regional vice-president for Asia-Pacific, World Alliance of National Colleges and Academies of Family Medicine and Family Practice (WONCA), Philippines

Dan Kaseje, secretary general, Africa Community Action Network for Health (AFRI-CAN )

Whitney W. Addington, president, American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine

Olivier Giscard d'Estaing, chairman, BUSCO, Business Council to the UN, France.

James K Tumwine, associate professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda

Meri Koivusalo, globalism and social policy programme, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Finland

Gillian Biscoe executive director, Bellettes Bay Company Inc. Australia

Pat Nickson, director, Institut Pan Africain de Santé Communautaire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire