Below is an example of a postition paper that I made for the Model
United Nations (Jakarta MUN 2013). I hope it helps for the others that are
interested in joining the event related to the MUN.
BOTSWANA
ON DISEASE FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTER
Country
: Botswana
Topic
Area : Disease following Natural Disaster
Global Warming, Natural Disaster, and Public
Health.
Commitee : World Health Organization
Global
warming as one of the trending global issues that can cause many natural disaster.
With a documented increase in average global surface temperatures of 0.6º C
since 1975, Earth now appears to be warming due to a variety of climatic
effects. This could cause various problems including an increase of natral
disaster. A natural disaster especially in botswana that is mostly happened
because of flood or epidemic. This affect many people, & had killed some
people after the following Disaster.
Causes
Natural disaster that could affect many people in
botswana, & especially has killed 470 people because of an epidemic case
caused by disaster[1].
Flood are the other natural disaster
that affects the people and could cause a major problem in health. Lately,
between 16-23 January 2013, heavy rains caused an extensive flooding in the
central province of Botswana. Safe drinking water, is one of the most problem
that the government must note.
Policies
The overall guiding documents for national
development in Botswana is vision 2016, a broad based national approach adopted
in 1996 focusing on the aspiration of Botswana towards the 50th anniversery of
their independence. This cold help to face the public health problem.
Solution
1.
Emergency
Centre
Refugees are the ones that the
government must care of. In a case when a natural disaster occur in that
region. An EC (emergeny Centre) from the WHO (world Health Organization must
act quickly and build a camp in the middle of people. This camp is like a
medical centre that gives medical supplies, so that the refugees caused of the
disaster could feel healthier. Beside medical supplies & medical helps, the
camp offers flood kits (Raft,life jacket, & other survival pack). The aim of the program is to help the 338
health in handling the public health proble after the disaster happens.
2.
Disaster Mitigation (Public Health)
The country recall a help form
ither country in giving medical service after the disaster. It is important to
make sure that the families and people are in a health condition, especially
after they caught a disaster. The health test must be done in all region/part
of Botswana.
3.
Malaria
Protector.
As after the flood, malaria could
cause problems. The WHO with help of the government will provide a spray &
Fogging for the area that has a big potention in Malaria Disease.
[1] http://www.preventionweb.net/english/countries/statistics/?cid=23
, accessed on 13 of Juni 2013, at 22.24
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