Facing the Universal Healthcare Issue: WHO remain at a standstill

On this day, the 1st of November 2025, the WHO kickstarted their committee session on the issue of Universal Healthcare. There were delegates from all across the globe such as Indonesia, France, Greece, Bolivia, Canada, Nigeria, and many more. Each and every one of them explained and showed what they have done in regards to implementing a healthcare system that ensured the well-being and livelihood of each and every one of their citizens. But while their ideas may be ambitious and grandiose, not a single one of them was able to provide a concrete solution that would benefit all of those involved and at the same time guarantee an effective program. 

In the early stages of the session, the Greek delegate reminded everyone that the WHO does not work in a way where a solution or a program from a country has the ability to “one size fits all” towards the problems and issues regarding healthcare that each respective country faces. Although hypocritical to say the least, the Greek delegate presented the fact that their healthcare system was able to build more than a hundred health-based communities that ensured the well-being, healthiness, and livelihood of every Greek involved. Though they may criticize other countries for trying to force their domestic programs onto an international framework, Greece did little to nothing to provide a “not one size fits all” solution.

On the other hand there were countries like France and Canada, who boasted proudly about their achievements and successes in their healthcare systems. France mentioned how their healthcare system was able to cover 90% of the French population’s medical needs, while Canada boasted proudly about how easy their healthcare was to access for all Canadian residents and citizens. Then there was Bolivia, who mentioned how they were able to develop a healthcare system in collaboration with the WHO called the Single Health System, where this program was able to provide free and basic medical services to all of its citizens and qualifying foreign residents.

But while it may seem pretty to think that perhaps these programs would be implemented successfully in all the countries in this council, Nigeria would beg to differ. Their argument was that while this may be financially viable to the countries who have succeeded in attaining these achievements, the same cannot be said about developing countries with their limited expertise and financial capital. The limited expertise and financial capital that these countries have are due to the political instability and economic turbulence that developing and low-income countries face on an almost day-to-day basis.

Till the very end, all the delegates could only manage to do was bicker and show off how their country should be the model for an ideal healthcare system for all the world to follow. They were not able to find a common ground which consequently put the issue on a standstill, where there hasn’t been a single clear and concrete solution as to how the world can implement a Universal Healthcare system whilst maintaining medical sovereignty over one’s own country. To sum it all up, when asked what their resolutions are in regards to how they would implement Universal Healthcare, the reply was slightly moronic. “We’re working on it”.