Topic: Managing Secondary Effects of Disease Outbreaks
Country: India
Delegate Name: Alex Niculescu
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All India position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
Disease is a major factor in the prosperity of nations and peoples. For India, it represents a pivotal area in terms of our overall populace growth. Our advances in water and municipalities have done much to combat disease, a large percentage of which is due to water and public sanitation. As our people grow in number, so does our natural need for basic resources such as water and food grow. As India's populace fuels its industrial potential, so must their access to clean water. We as a substantive nation have expanded upon our water delivery systems to our more populated areas as a priority in recent years. Its is in these denser areas that water is in less abundance, as numbers naturally dictate a higher ratio of man to water there. We have found, and urge other nations to come to a similar notion, that state systems and municipalities reflect directly on the economy of that nation. In these populated urban centers, poverty is simply higher. As our industry and economic vitality grows, our general wealth increases, allowing for more capital to draw on for systems such as those that provide clean water. We are fortunate as a country to have high potential for growth in that manner. Disease spreads in this manner as populations grow. Once again, we reaffirm that issues that deal with the health of a nation cannot be solved as mere wounds, clotted by outside force. They must be solved in the long run by powers of economics. To stale the flow of blood is one thing, but to keep it flowing is another. India believes that growth and industry are the keys to ending the aftermath of disease, and these things are simply supported through trade and economic pacts that end up being mutually beneficial.
