Topic: Rise of Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens
Country: Venezuela
Delegate Name: Gina Saab
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Venezuela position papers GLIMUN 2010 committees
Venezuela recognizes the urgency of the anitbiotic-resistant pathogens issue and hopes that all of the participating delegates do because they will all be constructing a solution for it. Why is the issue of antibiotic resistant pathogens more prevalent in underdeveloped nations than developed ones? The answer is a lack of education on the use of antibiotics and healthcare.
Just as with the issue of blood supply and with most international health care issues, the components of the solution are Funds,Supplies, Education/Training, and Repayment.
First, the beauty of healthcare solutions is their ability to fund themselves. When a person is healthy, that person becomes an able body in a nation’s workforce. Therefore, the monetary value of an individual within a nation is equivalent to his/her annual salary. Likewise, if a person is sickly, he/she is consuming the resources of a nation without returning any value. Thus, health yields wealth and the consequence of sickness is increased debt. For this reason, Venezuela has a socialized health-care system: our people are an economic resource, and consequently we make our investment through this system. The funds are essentially the money that initially funds the project which will be received by institutions that are willing to make an investment in a nation’s health. The amount of money each nation has available to utilize for the antibiotic resistant bacteria issue’s resolution is equivalent to the equation M=pd, where M is the available money, p is the number of people currently sick and not working (who will be helped by this healthcare improvement), and d is the amount of money each individual would earn per year on average. This equation is derived from the fact that after health education increases and healthcare is improved, the economy of the nation will gain d dollars for each person who is made able to work and produce. Institutions who lend money in the form of certificates of deposit (CDs) to nations in need will be repaid, for example, $1.25 for every $1 they loan. This is the incentive for businesses. Thus, we have moved on to the issue of repayment. The money to repay the institutions who will have lent the money will be available because the nations workforce has increased as a result of better health.
The main supply necessary besides facilites for healthcare is the antibiotics themselves. Stronger antibiotics than what is currently available in many underdeveloped countries are needed to combat the stronger diseases. In order to prevent the misuse of these and thus create even stronger viruses, individuals must be instructed on the proper uses of antibiotics. Likewise, to make sure that the individuals are receiving their vaccinations (especially multipart vaccinations) at proper intervals, teams of healthcare workers should go to the homes of locals to give vaccinations. Facilites will be reserved for the first vaccination of a set and for the distribution of medicine.
At first, United Nations workers will occupy the countries and operate the facilites. However, the long term solution is that during this process "interns" who are locals will learn the technique of proper care. In this way, when the United Nations workers leave the country, it will be self-sufficient, and jobs will hjave been produced. The answer is in a long term, self-funded solution.
