Topic: 2024-Spread of Animal Viruses
Country: Brazil
Delegate Name: Andrew Curvelo
Humans only make up about 2.5% of the total animal life on earth, thus diseases spreading from the larger animal population to the human population are common. The spread of Zoonotic diseases has long since been an issue plaguing nations of the world, from the long standing threat of diseases like Ebola, Rabies, and Salmonella to more recent outbreaks such as the recent Covid-19 pandemic the spread of Zoonotic diseases has been a battle the international community and Brazil have been fighting to contain. Brazil has been working to contain the spread of Zoonotic diseases from its own borders by increasing restrictions on wildlife trade, hunting, and consumption and reducing deforestation to preserve the natural barriers that prevent the spread of Zoonotic diseases in the human population.
On an international level, the Federative Republic of Brazil believes, focus on the One Health approach is essential to achieving the long term sustainable goal we as a organization have sought to achieve in the wake of global warming in addition to containing the spread of Zoonotic diseases due to properly maintaining natural boundaries that prevent the spread of Zoonotic diseases as well as monitoring wildlife for increased Zoonotic disease awareness. By placing emphasis on the importance of preservation of natural habitats, properly maintaining and monitoring those habitats as well the spread of zoonotic diseases within local populations can be more widely accepted and carried out by states.
Like the Federative Republic of Brazil, the World Health Organization heavily believes in the One Health model for continued preservation and stability in all global sectors. In addition to infusing One Health focused addendums to pre-existing legislation, the World Health Organization has taken strides to integrate a three way world health surveillance team with organizations such as the FAO and the WOAH. This enables each organization to better respond to matters pertaining to their specialties and provides a support group to work with when assistance is needed.
The Federative Republic of Brazil believes the best way for the WHO to mitigate costs for disease prevention is through integrating and educating a One Health framework in more impoverished countries. By establishing a giant communication network on multiple biological fronts issues will be identified and reported as the body identifies foreign bacteria and dispatches white blood cells to fight it. With the creation of amore unified framework can come a more unified distribution of funds when trouble calls, and the branding of a unified Biological protection framework has potential to move people such as no one organization could. The answer to the prevention of zoonotic diseases is part of a larger global question a One Health framework
Works Cited
One Health Commission. “The One Health Approach Explained.” One Health Commission, 2023.
https://www.onehealthcommission.org
World Health Organization. “Zoonoses.” WHO Fact Sheets, 2023.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/zoonoses
