Topic: Reducing Infant Mortality
Country: Serbia
Delegate Name: Mason Kluemper
School: Fishers High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Serbia position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
The Republic of Serbia has a troublesome relation to its infant mortality rate for a long time, and has been actively attempting to lower it for the past decade. During the rule of the Roma, our infant mortality rate was quite higher than it is now, and the Republic is quite proud of its ability to lower it to such a rate that it is now, at a rate of just over 6 to 1000 births, on par with other nation states such as The United States of America. The Republic, however, feels as if it could be lowered further, and they hope to make sure that their positions on the issue will assist the organization at large find such a solution.
The Republic of Serbia suggests that the WHO should assist the efforts of UNICEF, Planned Parenthood Global, and Doctors Without Borders to begin including more pregnant women and their children in their attempts to bring down the worldwide rate for Infant Mortality. Serbia also implores the UN and the EU to allow more funds to be utilized by these organizations. More funding would greatly help these organizations in their attempts. Besides these organizations’ efforts, various steps can be taken by country’s respective health organizations as well to provide aid for those suffering from problems, such as the distance from the nearest health center, which could be solved by the construction of a health center closer to the affected party’s location if enough people fall under this category.
The Republic of Serbia attests to the effectiveness of these solutions, considering its rapid bisection of its IMR from 12 to 6 per 1000. Serbia hopes to inspire other, less prosperous countries in this specific aspect, to follow in its example, attempting to rid the public image of breastfeeding’s negative stigma, and possibly distributing nutrients to mothers trying to provide for their children in infancy, as this will encourage the various The challenges coming to those living in more rural communities can easily be overcome by regular government visitation on the grounds of educating mothers on the various traits of caring for an infant. What the Republic of Serbia asks is for the WHO to not consider sending health workers to the homes of people not fortunate enough to travel to a health center or hospital to go through with birth or treatment of infantile maladies, and instead consider their funding to go towards sending workers with transportation capable of holding a mother and their spouse to a health center to initiate delivery. These ideas will greatly reduce the overall IMR of the countries under the gaze of the WHO, unlike the idea of simply bringing workers to the homes of the mothers, which in turn would have the birth be conducted in an area without the possible necessities of childbirth. Utilizing the funding to the WHO to construct health centers wherever needed will especially assist the lowering of Infant Mortality Rate.
