Position Paper:WHO-Malaria, Tuberculosis and other infectious Diseases
Committee: WHO
Topic: Malaria, Tuberculosis and infectious Diseases
Country: The Republic of Azerbaijan
Delegate: Byungsub Chung, Quan Zhou, Forest Hills High School
Individual health is the basis for a country's well being. The World Health Organization (WHO) established on April 7, 1948, aims for "attainment by people of the highest possible level of health. After the outbreak of malaria in 1970s and 1980s, tuberculosis (TB) crisis and other infectious diseases in the world, WHO has had experience and expertise of the treatments and programs for AIDS control to help countries all over the world. However, the lack of funding blockades against the efforts not only by the countries need help but by WHO itself as well.
Before the independent from Soviet Union, the malaria was endemic over a vast portion of the country's territory until 1960s. The Soviet Union carried out mass malaria eradication throughout the territories. It was seemed disappeared. By 1967, three cases of malaria were registered. It exacerbated the malaria situation, in the 1970s and 1980s reported extensive malaria epidemics. An effectively functioning health care system brought the outbreaks under control. But, in the 1990s, the malaria situation was beginning to deteriorate. In 1993 to 1996, the number of malaria cases had reached 23 to 13,135. The strategies for treatments and program left some results that in 2003, the cases of malaria reported 505.
While for Tuberculosis, it is always a problem facing the Ministry of Health in Azerbaijan. According to the statistics from WHO Region Office for Europe, the number of TB cases notified was 2,400 between 1994 and 1996. However, due to the increase of IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) in the remote areas, the number of TB cases jumped to between 4,600 and 5,000 after 1997. Fortunately, the Ministry of Health, cooperated with WHO, brought the IDPs to refuges and gave them proper cares before the TB spread out. Although the Azerbaijan government carried out proper actions to prevent further epidemic outbreak nationwide, the number cases of TB is still remarkable to catch the government and WHO’s attention to the healthcare for the Azerbaijani people.
Azerbaijan's health care system was organized by Soviet Union based on the Semashko model. After independence in 1991, the health care system was deteriorated by severe funding shortage, inflexible health structure, and displacement of people due to armed conflict. Azerbaijan became vulnerable to any attack from epidemic diseases. In order to deal with malaria, TB, and infectious diseases, the Azerbaijan started the health reform project by supported from international donors, aiming to “strengthen and reform district health care services". Malaria control activities, Roll Back Malaria (RBM) supported by the MOH, WHO, and UNICEF, such as delivery of nets and insecticides, environmental management, biological means of control, disease management, training, public health education, and communication mobilization. Also, the health reform adopted for a tuberculosis treatment, called control/DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Shout cut). To combat tuberculosis to helps prevent drug resistance by ensuring that receives the entire course of treatment.
Natural resource is a key factor to fundraise for health care. In Azerbaijan, there is abundant of oil reserves in Caspian Sea basin, estimated 7 to 13 barrels based on government. Foreign investors can help the country to develop in order to gain profit. Azerbaijan government wishes these investments on the natural resources in order to increase revenues for health care.
In order to prevent further increase in Malaria cases or TB cases or cases of any other infectious diseases, Azerbaijan is committed to cooperate with WHO to do its best for infectious disease control. While we are working on many pilot projects in Azerbaijan, we encourage worldwide funding for those countries that need money to promote prevention programs as well as to keep them going. This requires every nation to cooperate with each other in order to prevent another possible epidemic or outbreak both locally and nationally.
Topic: Malaria, Tuberculosis and infectious Diseases
Country: The Republic of Azerbaijan
Delegate: Byungsub Chung, Quan Zhou, Forest Hills High School
Individual health is the basis for a country's well being. The World Health Organization (WHO) established on April 7, 1948, aims for "attainment by people of the highest possible level of health. After the outbreak of malaria in 1970s and 1980s, tuberculosis (TB) crisis and other infectious diseases in the world, WHO has had experience and expertise of the treatments and programs for AIDS control to help countries all over the world. However, the lack of funding blockades against the efforts not only by the countries need help but by WHO itself as well.
Before the independent from Soviet Union, the malaria was endemic over a vast portion of the country's territory until 1960s. The Soviet Union carried out mass malaria eradication throughout the territories. It was seemed disappeared. By 1967, three cases of malaria were registered. It exacerbated the malaria situation, in the 1970s and 1980s reported extensive malaria epidemics. An effectively functioning health care system brought the outbreaks under control. But, in the 1990s, the malaria situation was beginning to deteriorate. In 1993 to 1996, the number of malaria cases had reached 23 to 13,135. The strategies for treatments and program left some results that in 2003, the cases of malaria reported 505.
While for Tuberculosis, it is always a problem facing the Ministry of Health in Azerbaijan. According to the statistics from WHO Region Office for Europe, the number of TB cases notified was 2,400 between 1994 and 1996. However, due to the increase of IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) in the remote areas, the number of TB cases jumped to between 4,600 and 5,000 after 1997. Fortunately, the Ministry of Health, cooperated with WHO, brought the IDPs to refuges and gave them proper cares before the TB spread out. Although the Azerbaijan government carried out proper actions to prevent further epidemic outbreak nationwide, the number cases of TB is still remarkable to catch the government and WHO’s attention to the healthcare for the Azerbaijani people.
Azerbaijan's health care system was organized by Soviet Union based on the Semashko model. After independence in 1991, the health care system was deteriorated by severe funding shortage, inflexible health structure, and displacement of people due to armed conflict. Azerbaijan became vulnerable to any attack from epidemic diseases. In order to deal with malaria, TB, and infectious diseases, the Azerbaijan started the health reform project by supported from international donors, aiming to “strengthen and reform district health care services". Malaria control activities, Roll Back Malaria (RBM) supported by the MOH, WHO, and UNICEF, such as delivery of nets and insecticides, environmental management, biological means of control, disease management, training, public health education, and communication mobilization. Also, the health reform adopted for a tuberculosis treatment, called control/DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Shout cut). To combat tuberculosis to helps prevent drug resistance by ensuring that receives the entire course of treatment.
Natural resource is a key factor to fundraise for health care. In Azerbaijan, there is abundant of oil reserves in Caspian Sea basin, estimated 7 to 13 barrels based on government. Foreign investors can help the country to develop in order to gain profit. Azerbaijan government wishes these investments on the natural resources in order to increase revenues for health care.
In order to prevent further increase in Malaria cases or TB cases or cases of any other infectious diseases, Azerbaijan is committed to cooperate with WHO to do its best for infectious disease control. While we are working on many pilot projects in Azerbaijan, we encourage worldwide funding for those countries that need money to promote prevention programs as well as to keep them going. This requires every nation to cooperate with each other in order to prevent another possible epidemic or outbreak both locally and nationally.
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