World Health Organization

APPROXIMATE COMMITTEE SIZE: 160 single delegations

The World Health Organization (WHO) focuses on promoting global health, ensuring health security, and serving vulnerable populations. Topic A will address the accessibility of treatment for tropical diseases in developing countries. Delegates will evaluate the barriers to medical care, including treatment costs and insufficient infrastructure and distribution networks, as well as the complicating effects of climate change and political instability on treatment efforts. Topic B will examine the role of machine learning in healthcare. Delegates will explore the potential of artificial intelligence to improve diagnosis, treatment, and efficiency in medical care, while also debating the ethical and regulatory challenges posed by its use.

Chairs: Leandro Guevara & Daniel Organvidez

TOPICS

Topic A: Accessibility of Healthcare for Neglected Tropical Diseases in Developing Countries

Topic B: Role of Machine Learning in Healthcare

About the chairs

Leandro Guevara is part of the Class of 2028 at Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Government and Public Policy. He calls Lima, Peru, home and attended Lima High School. Leandro started MUN as a freshman in high school and has now been involved for more than 5 years. Leandro was the USG of GAs for NAIMUN LXIII and he's incredibly excited to come back! Outside of NAIMUN, he served as Chair of the Enron Board of Directors, he’s a regular parliamentary debater (Spanish world finalist in 2024!), and a volunteer for the Center of Social Justice on campus. He also loves Taylor Swift, Arctic Monkeys, overanalyzing movies, watching Peru lose at soccer, getting lost in the city, and eating hot wings. 

Daniel Organvidez is a member of the Class of 2028 in Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences. He is majoring in Biology and working towards a Mathematics minor. Daniel was born and raised in Miami, Florida. Daniel has several years of experience with high school Model UN at Palmer Trinity in Miami, which includes chairing for General Assembly committees three times and other non-GA committees once. In college, he staffed for the Disarmament and International Security Committee in last year’s NAIMUN

Outside of Model UN, Daniel often visits the D.C. botanical garden or nearby used book sales when not occupied with an already in progress novel. Daniel is looking forward to returning to NAIMUN to chair another General Assembly and seeing the solutions delegates come up with to address global health issues.