Hello WHO,
We were unable to fix this blog’s comment posting system, so the WHO blog has moved to www.blogs.bmun.net/who1
This new blog will be where your chairs will post all further news updates, and the comments posting system is working. I expect you all to be reading the articles and actively posting comments! Extra credit goes to those delegations that do this. Happy reading and e-mail me at bmun57who@gmail.com if you have any questions.
- Julius
Hello WHO!
Check out this article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aU_8konIWTBA&refer=asia
Rates of drug-resistant TB in China are two times the global average. This is an alarming statistic, and China obviously needs to be the focal point of global efforts to combat TB. It appears that poor attempts to control TB in the past are catching up with us. What can the WHO do to ensure that future attempts to combat diseases like TB are complete and successful? Many say it comes down to establishing a strong infrastructure - adequate santitation, diet, and dependable healthcare. What are your thoughts?
Also, in the mean time please keep e-mailing in comments on these news updates! Sorry the comments page isn’t working…our attempts to fix it haven’t worked, so we may be moving to a new blog website. I’ll keep you posted and let you know immediately if that happens.
- Julius
Hey delegates!
I hope you all are enjoying the winter holidays as much as I am! My name is Erica Wu and I’m going to be another vice chair for the WHO committee this year. I am a first year at Cal and I’m an intended Media Studies major with a minor in Japanese (We’ll see how that works out!). In my free time I enjoy shopping with my girl friends, listening to music, and watching Asian dramas. I attended BMUN in my senior year of high school and I enjoyed it so much that when I came to Cal, I joined BMUN and now I’m super excited to participate in this year’s conference.
I’m sure you guys all know this by now but keep checking the blog for regular updates since your position papers are due soon. If you have any questions, feel free to ask away. I can’t wait to see all of you in the spring!
-Erica
Hello Delegates!
Hope you are enjoying the holidays! I just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Nashia Lalani and I am one of the vice chairs for this year’s WHO committee. I am second year at CAL planning to major in Political Science and possibly double majoring in Media Studies. Aside from being a part of BMUN and studying 
, I enjoy watching Bollywood movies, shopping, and spending time with family. I am really excited for our committee this year and I hope that you are too! Keep checking our blog for updates and I look forward to meeting you all soon…
-Nashia
Here’s an article published by the WHO about the dire situation in Zimbabwe, where adequate sanitation and health care are not present. Cholera, an inflammatory disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract, is easily transmitted to humans via unclean food and water. Patients suffering from cholera can easily die within 1-2 weeks if they are not immediately treated. The WHO and Zimbabwe government have long tried to combat the spread of cholera, yet the disease continues to pose a huge problem. Developing health care in Africa may very well help to address such an issue.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VDUX-7MPR69?OpenDocument
Read the short article and share your thoughts. The comment posting system is still not working so please e-mail all comments to bmun57who@gmail.com. Thanks and have a happy, safe new year!
- Julius
Hello WHO Delegates!
Many thanks to all the delegates who e-mailed me regarding problems with the blog. It appears that the comment posting system isn’t working, and I’m trying to get that fixed ASAP. In the mean time, if you’d like to share your thoughts and ideas about this news update or the previous update, please e-mail them to me at bmun57who@gmail.com. This way I can get an idea for who’s actively checking the blogs, reading the updates, and thinking about the articles. This will certainly benefit you during the conference. Keep the e-mails coming, whether they are introductions or reflections on the articles (hopefully a combination of both)! I’ll make another announcement on the blog once the comments system is fixed, so keep an eye out for that.
Please check out this short article: http://www.tropika.net/svc/news/20081222/Chinnock-20081222-News-China-TB
Multi-drug resistant (MDR) forms of TB are running rampant in China…but what are the reasons for this? Are the conditions in China that different from those in other parts of East Asia, meaning is the rest of East Asia just as vulnerable to MDR TB? What can we do to fight these strains of the disease?
I look forward to reading your responses! Happy holidays and take care!
- Julius
Hello WHO Delegates!
I stumbled across this article and thought it’d be nice to share with you all. It’s about a new type of antibiotic being researched by a team at Rutgers university which could have a significant impact on the TB epidemic. Read it and post your thoughts.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1851375,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics
- Julius
Hello BMUNers!
Welcome to the World Health Organization for BMUN57! My name is Julius Chen, and I will be your Head Chair this year. A little bit about me…I’m a junior here at UC Berkeley majoring in Economics and also completing Pre-Medical studies. I’m originally from Rowland Heights, CA, a suburb east of Los Angeles. This is my third year in BMUN and I’m also the Under-Secretary General of Research. I’m an avid fan of Cal football and Lakers basketball. On a more academic note, anything involving health care policy, health economics, and medicine interests me.
Your vice chairs will be Nashia Lalani and Erica Wu. Nashia is a sophomore planning to major in Political Science and Mass Communications. Erica is a freshmen intending on majoring in Mass Communications and minoring in Japanese
This is your committee’s official blog. Here you will find essential information about committee, such as updates, instructions, and answers to questions. Check this blog often, as it will contain information essential to your success at BMUN 57! Extra credit goes to those delegates that are actively checking the blogs and posting comments (relevant ones of course).
Feel free to e-mail me any questions you might have, whether it’s about the conference or college in general. The e-mail for WHO will be bmun57who@gmail.com, and you can also reach me personally at research@bmun.net. Good luck researching and stay tuned for more!
- Julius