Topic: Controlling Biting-Insect Populations
Country: Mexico
Delegate Name: Dylan Haywood
School: Vicksburg High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Mexico position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
In mexico, the common mosquitoes are delivering many disease among the population of both mexico and the world. One of these diseases is a disease called chikungunya, this diseases symptoms are rashes, swelling joints, fever, and headache [non lethal]. This disease is going around the world infecting africa, central europe, both north and south americas, and indonesia. Mexico is being heavily affected by this, in the wallet and the people of mexico. The health and economy of mexico and her people are at risk because of this disease.
Another Insect, the triatomine bug [aka the Kissing Bug], carries the parasite, trypanosoma cruzi, which causes a disease, called the chagas disease. While this disease was found in and is most notable in Latin America, its signs have been seen in, the United States, Canada, and in many European and western pacific countries. An estimated 6 to 7 million people are infected worldwide. In Mexico, this is a very prominent problem, and one that has to be addressed immediately, both mexico and many other countries are ravaged by these insect vectors, and need to work on this problem.
The health care needed to fix this problem is currently not serving all in mexico due to health care imbalances, and is needed to protect the people and even other countries from these terrible disease carrying insects. This problem being rid of will also decrease the overall world mortality rate, including children and other groups, and will help economy around the world if this problem is dealt with, by having more people healthy and hardworking than sick.
