World Health Organization finalizes plans to end the Tuberculosis epidemic

NEW YORK CITY, NY — With a tuberculosis (TB) epidemic ravaging the international community, delegations are rushing to finalize their plans to stop the disease in its tracks. Four groups have collaborated and debated their way to create different solutions with this singular goal.

“What sets us apart is our partnership with international schools which cooperate to find a cure,” the Malaysian delegation said.

Along the South Africa and Brazil delegations, they drafted an Awareness and Immediate Disease Prevention (AID) Plan showing individuals ways to stop and mitigate TB’s effects. It would also make low-cost treatments available for all, regardless of socioeconomic status.

“The span of our wallets should not determine the span of our lives,” the delegation of Malaysia said.

Angola led another group of delegates, including Chad and Afghanistan, whose proposal focuses on the implementation of genetically modified (GM) drugs to combat the ailment, as well as education.

Some opposed Angola’s solution.

“[Other delegates] say that GM drugs can mutate and might be dangerous,” the delegate from Angola said. “They are actually a safe and reliable way to help people who need treatment.”

Other nations say the solution lies in infrastructure.

“It’s really important to focus on is the importance of infrastructure and how all the treatment will be distributed throughout countries which are deeply affected,” the delegation from Egypt said.

With delegates like Poland, they have created the Health Education Awareness Research (HEAR) proposal, which suggests solutions to improving the roads systems linking rural and urban areas.

Russia has headed up a fourth group that drafted the Education Treatment Assistance (ETA) plan, which emphasizes the need of immediate aid.

“We want to educate while suggesting countries subsidize the health sector to make the cost of medical supplies cheaper,” the delegate said. It too includes plans to improve education on where to seek treatment and how to prevent infection.

On the surface, all are built on a similar foundation with proposals for education and awareness while providing some form of treatment. Yet key, nuanced differences set them apart from each other.

“Ultimately, with the similarities we have and the details that are different, I think we can come together and implement all these multifaceted solutions in tandem,” the delegation from Brazil said.