Name of country : Republic of Burundi

 Name of Committee: World Health Organization (WHO)

Topic B: Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases Name of delegate: Ashley Anastasia Ghadieh

“Without action, almost 400 million people will die from chronic diseases in the next 10 years. Many of these deaths will occur prematurely, affecting families, communities and countries alike.” Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus, the assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health care (needs replacing)

This is precisely what is happening in Burundi. Considering the fact that Burundi has a tropical highland climate, it is home for the tsetse fly which caused Trypanosomiasis to become a concern in the Ruvuvu River Valley that rises in the north of Burundi near the town of Kayanza, then later on malaria and schistosomiasis also became common along the Ruzizi River. In 2003, the HIV/AIDS generality was 6.00 per 100 or so adults and as well as 25,000 deaths caused from AIDS. A year later there were roughly 250,000 people with HIV/AIDS living in Burundi. 

Nationally(Domestically), The republic of burundi had taken several actions to help decrease this problem. For example, Burundi Non Communicable Disease Alliance set up a two day workshop to raise awareness on how these diseases can be prevented and controlled. Now some of the most common NCDs are the following; cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, metabolic diseases and cancers. They're known as the “silent killers” But what's even more alarming is that most Burundians ignore the fact that they can be prevented and controlled, Hence the reason why awareness is being raised in Burundi.

Joumana Haddad (Template:Lang-ar) (born Salloum; December 6, 1970 in Beirut) is a Lebanese author, public speaker, journalist and women's rights activist.^[1] She has been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women for four years in a row by Arabian Business Magazine (she came in position 34 in 2017), for her cultural and social activism.^[2] She is founder of Jasad, a quarterly Arabic-language magazine.

Name of country : Republic of Burundi

 Name of Committee: World Health Organization (WHO)

Topic B: Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases Name of delegate: Ashley Anastasia Ghadieh

“Without action, almost 400 million people will die from chronic diseases in the next 10 years. Many of these deaths will occur prematurely, affecting families, communities and countries alike.” Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus, the assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health care (needs replacing)

This is precisely what is happening in Burundi. Considering the fact that Burundi has a tropical highland climate, it is home for the tsetse fly which caused Trypanosomiasis to become a concern in the Ruvuvu River Valley that rises in the north of Burundi near the town of Kayanza, then later on malaria and schistosomiasis also became common along the Ruzizi River. In 2003, the HIV/AIDS generality was 6.00 per 100 or so adults and as well as 25,000 deaths caused from AIDS. A year later there were roughly 250,000 people with HIV/AIDS living in Burundi. 

Nationally(Domestically), The republic of burundi had taken several actions to help decrease this problem. For example, Burundi Non Communicable Disease Alliance set up a two day workshop to raise awareness on how these diseases can be prevented and controlled. Now some of the most common NCDs are the following; cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, metabolic diseases and cancers. They're known as the “silent killers” But what's even more alarming is that most Burundians ignore the fact that they can be prevented and controlled, Hence the reason why awareness is being raised in Burundi.

She's been the cultural editor of An Nahar newspaper, where she worked between 1997 and 2017. She also taught creative writing at the Lebanese American University in Beirut between 2012 and 2016.

She's already published several best selling books, widely acclaimed by critics. Her works have been translated to many languages and published abroad.

Speaking seven languages, Haddad is a polyglot and has written books in different languages, and has also published several works of translation, including an anthology of Lebanese modern poetry in Spanish, published in Spain as well as in many Latin American countries, and an anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide in the 20th century.

She interviewed many international writers, such as Umberto Eco, Paul Auster, Jose Saramago, Peter Handke, Elfriede Jelinek, and others.

Joumana Haddad is on the Board^[3] of Advisors of MARCH Lebanon (an NGO fighting censorship and raising awareness about the right to free expression).

She’s been the administrator of the prestigious Arab literary prize IPAF or the Arab Booker Prize, from 2007 till 2011.

Joumana Haddad has been awarded the Arab Press Prize in 2006.

In 2009, she co-wrote and acted in a movie by Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab ("What's going on?").^[4] She also had an appearance in a documentary by filmmaker Nasri Hajjaj, about Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.

In October 2009, she has been chosen as one of the 39 most interesting Arab writers under 39.^[5]

In November 2009, she won the International Prize North South for poetry, of the Pescarabruzzo Foundation in Italy.^[6] The winner of the novel prize was Austrian writer Peter Handke.

In February 2010, she won the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize^[7]

In August 2010, she received the Rodolfo Gentili Prize in Porto Recanati, Italy.^[8]

In November 2012, she received the Cutuli Prize for journalism in Catania, Italy.^[9]

In July 2013, she was appointed honorary ambassador for culture and human rights for the city of Naples in the Mediterranean by the mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris.^[10]

In February 2014, she was awarded the "Career Poetry Prize" by the Archicultura Foundation in Acquiterme, Italy.^[11]

In addition, she is a performer and a collage artist.

Haddad's magazine is the feature of a 2013 film by Amanda Homsi-Ottosson, Jasad & The Queen of Contradictions, a Women Make Movies release.^[12]

• Invitation to a secret feast, poetry, (2008)
• Two hands to the abyss, poetry, (2000)
• I did not sin enough, selected poems, (2003)
• Lilith's Return, poetry, (2004)
• The panther hidden at the base of her shoulders, selected poems, (2006)
• In the company of the fire thieves, Conversations with international writers, (2006)
• Death will come and it will have your eyes, Anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide, (2007)
• Bad habits, selected poems, (2007)
• Mirrors of the passers by, poetry, (2008)
• Geology of the I, poetry, (2012)^[13]
• Cages, theater, (2014)

• Invitation to a Secret Feast, poetry, 2008, Tupelo Press, Vermont, USA.
• Madinah, city stories from the Middle East, anthology, 2008, "Comma Press", Manchester, UK.^[14]
• I Killed Scheherazade, Essay, 2010, "Saqi Books", London, UK.^[15] The book has been translated to French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Croatian, Norwegian, Romanian and Arabic.^[16]
• Superman is an Arab, Essay, 2012, "Westbourne Press", London, UK.^[17] The book has been translated to French, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Arabic.
• The Third Sex, Essay, 2015, "Nawfal", Beirut, Lebanon.

• Le sette vite di Luca, Children's literature, 2011, Mondadori Junior, Milan, Italy.^[18]

• Allí donde el río se incendia, Antología poética, 2005, Ediciones De Aquí, Málaga, Espana, 2006, Fundación Editorial El Perro y la Rana, Caracas, Venezuela.

• Le temps d'un rêve, Poésie, (1995)
• Les amants ne devraient porter que des mocassins, littérature érotique, 2010, Editions Humus.^[19]

• Damit ich abreisen kann, 2005, Lisan Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.
• Cuando me hice fruta, 2006, Monte Ávila Editores, Caracas, Venezuela.
• El retorno de Lilith, 2007, Editorial Praxis, Mexico, Mexico/ 2010, Diputacion Provincial de Malaga, Mar Remoto, Spain.^[20]
• Le retour de Lilith, 2007, Editions L’Inventaire, Paris, France/ 2011, Editions Actes Sud, Paris, France.
• Liliths Wiederkehr, 2008, Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin, Germany.
• Adrenalina, 2009, "Edizioni del Leone", Venice, Italy.^[21]
• Il ritorno di Lilith, 2010, "Edizioni l'Asino d'Oro", Rome, Italy.^[22]
• Lilits återkomst, 2010, Bokförlaget Tranan, Stockholm, Sweden.^[23]
• Espejos de las fugaces, 2010, "Vaso Roto ediciones", Mexico.^[24]
• Miroirs des passantes dans le songe, 2010, « Al Dante », Paris, France.^[25]
• Las siete vidas de Luca, Literatura infantil, 2011, Vaso Roto, México, México.^[26]
• Los amantes deberían llevar solo mocasines, Literatura erótica, 2011, Vaso Roto, México, México.^[27]

Haddad was born into a conservative Christian Maronite family. Her mother is of Armenian extraction. She lives in Beirut with her two sons. She is a staunch atheist and critic of organised religion.^{[28][29][30][31]}

• Randa Kassis
• Lina Ben Mhenni
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• Her website
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• The official website of JASAD magazine
• Interview with Joumana Haddad: "Eroticism is the Pulse of Life"
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• Jasad & The Queen of Contradictions at Women Make Movies