On Friday, March 31, 2017 the United Nations World Health Organization debated how to stop the spread of infectious diseases. Zimbabwe, India, Germany and a majority of the other countries in the committee agreed on the extreme importance of education. Whilst Chad and Japan and a minority group of other countries strongly disagreed on long term solutions and aimed for vaccines and other short term solutions before incorporating education. In an exclusive interview with the delegation of Bangladesh, they stated, “We believe in vaccines and immediate solutions, however our priority mainly lays within research and education, for a long term effect.” It became clear the priorities of the each delegation were scattered across the board.
The delegation of Luxembourg then explored the point of international financial aid. Luxembourg explained how although this may be a short-term solution, it could essentially turn into self-sustainability resulting in a long-term solution. In response to this action, India stated how they needed social and financial aid to effectively combat this problem. The debate in turn, rapidly morphed into a heated discussion regarding infectious diseases in India. India soon became the target of debate about sexually transmitted diseases, sanitation and malaria.
Incorporating previously proposed solutions the United Kingdom and India both agreed in support of short-term solutions for infectious diseases. The use of antibiotics, contraception and vaccines became the centre of the debate as they were regarded as the most feasible and effective short-term solutions. The United Arab Emirates passionately disagreed with these solutions and instead proposed the incentivizing a change of culture regarding sexually transmitted diseases however, there was no further elaboration. The United States then spun around the debate by taking the main focal point off of India and encouraging the fellow delegations to focus on the rest of the world and the international community as a whole.
The delegations had an extremely difficult time finding a middle ground on short term and long-term solutions. Although the points of education, vaccination and sanitation were persistent throughout the debate, the delegations were all passionate about different areas, which created many disagreements. Despite, the countries being equally dedicated to preventing the spread of infectious diseases, the manner in which this would be done became distorted as the debate progressed.
The delegation of Luxembourg then explored the point of international financial aid. Luxembourg explained how although this may be a short-term solution, it could essentially turn into self-sustainability resulting in a long-term solution. In response to this action, India stated how they needed social and financial aid to effectively combat this problem. The debate in turn, rapidly morphed into a heated discussion regarding infectious diseases in India. India soon became the target of debate about sexually transmitted diseases, sanitation and malaria.
Incorporating previously proposed solutions the United Kingdom and India both agreed in support of short-term solutions for infectious diseases. The use of antibiotics, contraception and vaccines became the centre of the debate as they were regarded as the most feasible and effective short-term solutions. The United Arab Emirates passionately disagreed with these solutions and instead proposed the incentivizing a change of culture regarding sexually transmitted diseases however, there was no further elaboration. The United States then spun around the debate by taking the main focal point off of India and encouraging the fellow delegations to focus on the rest of the world and the international community as a whole.
The delegations had an extremely difficult time finding a middle ground on short term and long-term solutions. Although the points of education, vaccination and sanitation were persistent throughout the debate, the delegations were all passionate about different areas, which created many disagreements. Despite, the countries being equally dedicated to preventing the spread of infectious diseases, the manner in which this would be done became distorted as the debate progressed.