Argentina Position Paper

Argentina Position Paper
Committee: Commission on World Heath
Topic: The Prevention of the Spread of H1N1
Delegate: Kelly Kuo, Sarah Hsu
On May, 9, 2009, the first H1N1 case was confirmed in Argentina and from then on, the number had increased rapidly. Not just Argentina, the whole world is facing this serious health problem which is at least causing at least 2800 people’s death. Now, Argentina is facing the problem of being the third-highest death rate in the world. Our country had strongly recommending people to constant hand washing, uses the handkerchief while sneezing and stay home if had a fever. Now, the vaccine is out and Argentina’s government recommended children and old age people to take it. Some said that the vaccine was not safe to injected, but Argentina’s government claims that it is definitely safe to inject it. With cure and vaccine, it is how to make our people not to be too worried about H1N1 is what we concerned. Our government had strongly propagated about the death possibility of H1N1 had already decrease and tell people not to worried about it. Argentina believed that H1N1 is a serious problem but people don’t need to panic. Maybe other countries may say that H1N1 is not as scary as people think, but facing the third-highest death rate in the world, Argentina’s government can’t ignore this serious problem. We also believe that we need more help on health care on this issue.