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ECOSOC: PROVIDING AFRICA WITH MEDICAL AID

ECOSOC: PROVIDING AFRICA WITH MEDICAL AID. By Mexico Andy Soh, NUS High School. OUTLINE. Background Information Country’s Stance Action Taken Proposed Solutions: Short Term Long Term Supporting Countries. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. What is the problem at hand?

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ECOSOC: PROVIDING AFRICA WITH MEDICAL AID

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  1. ECOSOC: PROVIDING AFRICA WITH MEDICAL AID By Mexico Andy Soh, NUS High School

  2. OUTLINE • Background Information • Country’s Stance • Action Taken • Proposed Solutions: • Short Term • Long Term • Supporting Countries

  3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION • What is the problem at hand? • Diseases (AIDS / HIV / Tuberculosis / Malaria) • Inherent Problems (Poverty / Corruption / Poor education / Poor infrastructure) • TRIPs and TRIPs-plus • What are the implications? • Monetary aid often embezzled  Conditions don’t improve • Pricey drugs  Low affordability to African states

  4. BACKGROUND INFORMATION • What solutions have been attempted? • Doha Declaration • NGOs providing aid • Declaration of Commitment on HIV / AIDS • Three-by-Five Initiative • New Partnership for Africa’s Development • Have they succeeded or failed? • Commendable Effort • Not truly effective

  5. COUNTRY’S STANCE • Mexico is economically strong • 13th largest economy (GDP) • Enjoys many Free-Trade Agreements • Experiences problems • Income inequality Extreme poverty in rural places • Experiences similar problems as African states • Underemployment

  6. COUNTRY’S STANCE • Wishes to help African states as a member of the global community • Willing to send aid to Africa • Displeased that aids are embezzled by corrupt government officials • Wishes to reduce chances of corruption taking place in order to facilitate providence of medical aid

  7. ACTION TAKEN • At present: • Only emergency aid is provided • Helped USA in Hurricane Katrina crisis • Aid extended to mainly South-American countries • No long-term humanitarian aid provided • Signed TRIPs and Doha Declaration

  8. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS • Short Term • Provision of medical supplies • To be distributed to the people through NGOs • Not to be passed to the governments for distribution • Provision of medical staff • Provide temporary medical aid • Train more medical staff • Educate people in proper sanitary methods / hygiene

  9. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS • Long Term • Education • Ensures self-sustainability • Training of medical staff • Public awareness of proper hygiene • Building of medical institutions • Enhances the efficiency when providing medical aid

  10. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS • Checks and Balances: • Creation of an agency / organization to oversee all NGOs providing help to Africa • Includes all donor countries • Prevention of corruption / embezzlement • Allow for more focused actions to be taken • Minimal aid in the form of ready cash to be given to African states [Similar to proposal by Qatar]

  11. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS - PROCESS • Agency: • Collects all donations • Decide how to spend the money • Buys supplies / materials for medical facilities • African State Government: • Approve the entry of the NGOs • Accept the help the agency provides • NGOs: • Distribute the supplies to the people • Facilitate the building of the medical facilities

  12. Bosnia Colombia France Georgia Hungary India Israel Italy Japan Peru Qatar Russia Rwanda South Korea Sudan Sweden Timor Leste United Kingdom United States of America SUPPORTING COUNTRIES

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