H1N1 pandemic highlights world health emergency vulnerabilities

This article from the Ethiopian Review discusses the current H1N1 pandemic, the vaccine for this strain of the flu, and the access to this vaccine across the world.

"When we have a whole worldwide pandemic and everybody's drawing down those same resources at the same time, it's kind of a perfect storm. What will the global supply chain mean when the developing world can't respond, as say, [the United States] can?"

Public Health In Developing Countries To Suffer Most From Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070618102411.htm

-An article that may be helpful in the general understanding of Topic 2!

Are you ready??

You want to be coming to HSMUN 2010 prepared to face the issues our committee will be debating.

In case you don't know, here are this year's topics for WHO:

1. The Question of Access to Medication in Times of Health Crises

2. The Question of Health Impacts of Urbanization in Developing Countries.

You can find lots of information on these topics by going to the UN website or the WHO website. Also, the U of A Libraries Database may be useful in finding articles on these two topics if you have access to it.

Furthermore you should know how to write up a draft resolution for this conference. If you don't know how to, that's ok! There are lots of real UN draft resolutions online that you can look at so you know how they're formatted and the wording they use.

Happy researching, and we'll see you in February (prepared!)