Libya Caucus Outline

A. Background of the topic (Who, what, where, when, why and how did it start?)

H1N1 was started in 2008 in Mexico. At first, the virus doesn’t spread really quickly through the whole globe. But soon, people came back from Mexico started to have the fever. This kind of virus was unknown to us, people started to panic about it because they were not sure about how the diseases infect to people. The virus was originally called swine flu because of the genes, which are similar to that of flu viruses in pigs. As you may know, H1N1 can be spread easily from person to person. But people cannot catch swine flu from eating pork. During the beginning of fall, we grew concerned that it would spread more widely to the world. What sets H1N1 virus apart from other seasonal flu viruses is that studies have shown it to cause more severe symptoms in people younger than 25. Also, many people older than 60 years of age have some immunity against the H1N1 virus. The most important thing is to prevent the flu keep spreading, so we should know the proper way to prevent it from spreading to everyone.

B. Your countries involvement with the issue (How does the issue affect my country?)
a. Libya had 9 cases of H1N1 and luckily, there’s no death.
b. http://www.emro.who.int/csr/h1n1/pdf/sitrep_5.pdf

C. What has the UN done with the issue (What committees has it had? What has it done to help fix the problem?)
WHO has directly related to this issue. They typed many articles which get full of the information of H1N1 and they answered questions for people who wanted to know about. They keep telling them not to panic. They tried to teach people how to prevent H1N1. They also found out the vaccines to not get infect from it.
D. What solutions should we be looking for
Here are some ways to prevent H1N1 to infect you,1. Wash your hands often with soap and water. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.2. Coughing or sneezing into your sleeve/elbow fold (not your hand) or cover your mouth and nose with a tissue.3. Regularly wipe their keyboards, telephones, photocopiers, door handles, and any touch points with hard surface disinfectant sprays or wipes.4. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth - germs are spread this way.5. Know the signs and symptoms of H1N1, specifically: sore throat, muscle aches, joint pain, or weakness.6. If you are ill - STAY AT HOME or IN YOUR RESIDENCE.Hopefully, the seasonal influenza vaccination will be available free on campus on November 18 and 26. The H1N1 vaccine, separate from the seasonal influenza vaccine, is expected to be available through the Health Unit later.
Libya thinks that we should stop killing our citizens and starting to have the medical care like preventing our citizens to get H1N1. We are willing to cooperate with the health organization such as WHO. We fully hope we could protect our citizens from the flu, and it should start just from now on. Libya hopes that the vaccines can provide our citizens to be healthy again.
References:
1. About.com
2. http://www.uwindsor.ca/h1n1/
3. WHO- World Health Organization