Child Malnutrition in Haiti
Committee Name: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Committee Topic: Child Malnutrition in Haiti
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
A. Brief Background of the Topic
The Haiti earthquake in January 2010 had a detrimental impact on the rate of malnutrition within the country. However, according to UNICEF, Haiti already had the highest number of children that were suffering from malnutrition in Latin America and Caribbean region. Children in Haiti are not consuming the proper amount of nutrients, resulting in a significantly large number of babies being born with a low weight. After the earthquake occurred, there was depletion in the production of food. The civil war also caused a disruption in production of food as well. Another predominant cause of malnutrition is the lack of drinking water that followed the earthquake. This led to an outbreak of diseases amongst the people of Haiti, causing many deaths. Cholera itself has killed at least 7,000 people. The civil war also caused a disruption in production of food as well.
B. United Nations Involvement
The U.N. has been trying to help Haiti ever since the 2010 earthquake for quite some time. They relied on an organization known as OCHA or the UN Office on the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. OCHA is an organization that focuses on organization and looking over a community’s emergency response. OCHA is the leading organization when it comes to emergency responses, but still receives help from many other UN bodies. The WFP or the World Good Programme and also the Food and Agriculture Organization or FAQ are important when it comes to the food situation, as they specialize on making food available. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees or UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration or IOM help to make camps for the displaced people. The World Health Organization or WHO will help these people in the camps maintain their health and stop the spread of disease, by
Committee Topic: Child Malnutrition in Haiti
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
A. Brief Background of the Topic
The Haiti earthquake in January 2010 had a detrimental impact on the rate of malnutrition within the country. However, according to UNICEF, Haiti already had the highest number of children that were suffering from malnutrition in Latin America and Caribbean region. Children in Haiti are not consuming the proper amount of nutrients, resulting in a significantly large number of babies being born with a low weight. After the earthquake occurred, there was depletion in the production of food. The civil war also caused a disruption in production of food as well. Another predominant cause of malnutrition is the lack of drinking water that followed the earthquake. This led to an outbreak of diseases amongst the people of Haiti, causing many deaths. Cholera itself has killed at least 7,000 people. The civil war also caused a disruption in production of food as well.
B. United Nations Involvement
The U.N. has been trying to help Haiti ever since the 2010 earthquake for quite some time. They relied on an organization known as OCHA or the UN Office on the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. OCHA is an organization that focuses on organization and looking over a community’s emergency response. OCHA is the leading organization when it comes to emergency responses, but still receives help from many other UN bodies. The WFP or the World Good Programme and also the Food and Agriculture Organization or FAQ are important when it comes to the food situation, as they specialize on making food available. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees or UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration or IOM help to make camps for the displaced people. The World Health Organization or WHO will help these people in the camps maintain their health and stop the spread of disease, by