Big Sky Debate

The following cases are part of the Nelson Mandela Affirmatives.

Global Gag Rule
A U.S. policy that prohibits NGOS from discussing family planning services in the developing world. Impacts are overpopulation, AIDS, disease, patriarchy.

Micronutrients
Case argues that we need to focus our anti-hunger programs on providing vitamins and minerals essential for healthy growth. Impacts are disease, economy, morality.

Landmines
Plan argues that the United States should increase its efforts to demine Africa. Impacts are health care, agriculture, disease spread, lives lost, water safety, and filoviruses like ebola.

Blood Safety
Blood safety regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa are dangerous and a public health disaster.  Plan gives guaranteed, long-term assistance to SSH countries to build blood bank systems.

Water Access
African water access is the most likely scenario for a resource-based conflict in Africa.  Plan forces the State Department to fund "Water for the Poor," a US law passed in 2003 but is vastly underfunded.

Tuberculosis
TB remains one of the largest health threats in Africa.  Poor treatment options have resulted in the spread of "drug resistant" TB.  Plan takes immediate action on drug-resistant TB and funds research studies to develop new treatment options for TB. 

Global Health Corps

The plan advocates funding and implementation of a corps of volunteer medical professionals in Africa to work on health care infrastructure and training.