After considering multiple philosophical perspectives, we offer the following plan:
The United States federal government should pass and implement the African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007. Requisite funding guaranteed.
1ac w/ cites
Contention 1: Inherency
Despite recent increases in public health aid, Africa lacks effective public health infrastructure and medical professionals to handl the aid.
Eric Friedman, 6/11/07
“Global Fund: At the Cross Roads” http://phrblog.orgbraindrain/2007/06/11/global-fund-at-a-crossroads/
“with a handful of exceptions, such…PEPFAR has failed to do so.
Advantage 1: Poverty
The current US approach to address African health disparities fail to address the roots of poverty. Now is the crucial time for the US to fulfill its ethical obligations to address these inequalities
Benatar and Fox, 2005
“Meeting Threats to Global Health: a Call for American Leadership,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 48.3 p. 344-361
“Current and widening disparities in health around the world…that meet individual and community needs”
To be free of poerty should be a human right, as it is brutal, locking individuals through a lack of education into a continuous cycle of poverty
James Gustave Speth, 1998
A denial of human rights Journal of International Affairs. New York: Fall 1998. Vol. 52, Iss.1
“The right to be free of the crushing…the victims are civilian women.”
Ignoring African health care replicates the logic that justifies the disappearance of humanity
Bradol, 3
“Invisible: Do sick people with no money need to become rich before we see that we can keep them alive?
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/ar/i2003/invisible.cfm
“Outside of armed conflict, victims…or curative (antimicrobial) treatments.”
Respect for otherness is key to prevent extinction—the sacred order which closes off otherness is the root cause of oppression, dehumanization and violence- there is no value to life in this framework- justifying genocidal extermination and global conflict
Darell Fasching, 1993
The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima, p 155-7
“The Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima: From Sacred Morality to Alienation and Ethics…as its “living space” (lebensraum).”
The impacts of poverty out weigh their impacts—the impacts are systemic and it's the equivalent of an ongoing, unending, thermonuclear war every year
Mumia Abu-Jamal 1998
“We live, equally immersed, and to a deeper degree…sharecroppers only to leave them landless.”
Advantage 2: AIDS-democracy style
The lack of physicians in Africa due to migration allows for the spread of HIV/AIDS
Fitzhugh Mullan, 2005
“The Metrics of the Physician brain Drain” October 27, 2005
“This report on physician migration documents..the international physician market.”
And, all current policies to cure AIDS are irrelevant since there are not enough health care workers to care for the patients—only the affirmative can transform the way that health care is done in Africa
International Herald Tribune, May 24, 2007
“CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Lack of medical staff…treat them,” the report said.”
Additionally, AIDS hurts Africa’s ability to build a professional class in Africa. This professional class is a prerequisite for effective governance
Trevor Neilson, 2005
“Aids economics and Terrorism in Africa”
“Africa’s challenge today is that while..GDP while India’s is 35%”
Aids destroys democratic governance by killing voters and politicians alike and breeds brutal authoritarian regimes—must address AIDS for effective democracy in Africa
Alex De Waal, 2006
AIDS and Power: Why there is no Political Crisis—Yet
“In the same idiom as McPHerson’s…infirm to cast their votes.”
Democratic institutions are able to stop corruption.
Reuters-2007
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/4341f783c64cd96d67ccd82f7bbb4d45.htm
“West African countries which have…the rest of the [world’s] nations.””
Lack of democracy causes economic delays, ethnic conflicts, civil wars and humanitarian disasters
Larry Diamond, 1998
“building a Democratic Africa”
www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3532546.html
“The common root cause of economic decay…predictability of a democratic constitution.”
African democracy solves famine conflict and refugee crises
Joseph Siegle, 2006
“African democracies are also much more likely to avoid…destabilizing effects for neighboring countries is acutely apparent.”
Refugee crises create conflicts, instigte civil wars and start genocides
Idean Salehyan and Kristian Gleditsch, 4-18-04 “Refugees and the Spread of War”
“Although most of the existing research…economic conditions in Macedonia.”
In addition to AIDS crisis, Africa is the most at risk country in the world over 200 milion are on the brink of death cause of famine already
Robert H. Trudell, 2005
“The most food-insecure countries of th world…the world’s population grows in the decades to come.”
Unfortunately, AIDS exacerbates the famine risk and makes the consequences of famine far worse. Failure to effectively address AIDS destroys communities creating orphans mpoverishing families exacerbating food shortages and seting the foundation for all future wars.
Greg Behrman, 2004
“Invisible graves line the fields of faraway…tomorrow’s wars will be fought.”
After considering multiple philosophical perspectives, we ofer the following plan:
The United States federal government should pass and implement the African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007. Requisite funding guaranteed.
Contention 4: Solvency
Only the passage and implementation African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007 can reverse the effects of brain drain and set up the infrastructure and send the needed medical personnel to overcome the crisis
Senator Durbin, 2007
“bipartisan group of senators introduce African health capacity investmenta ct of 2007”
“A bipartisan group of Senators today…Senate Foreign Relations Committee.”
The AHCIA solves a lack of health care capacity by setting up the necessary infrastructure to retain, maintain and pay for doctors in Africa
Africa News, 2007
“U.S. Senate to Tackle Massive Health Worker Shortage”
“Physicians for Human Rights applaud today’s…the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.”
Failure to build effective infrastructure and health care capacity makes all other efforts to address AIDS ineffective
Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonte, 2004
“Availability of infrastructure, crucially…motivation and retention.””
The US must lead on health issues in Africa. The U.S. is in a unique position to develop a paradigm in public health
Benatar an Fox 2005
“Meeting Threats to Global Health a call for American leadership”
“Despite Spectacular Achievements in individual health as a result…major improvements in global health” Dallas Aff
Round # 1
vs Team:
Judge:
Plan Text
BRAIN DRAIN
After considering multiple philosophical perspectives,
USFG should pass and implement the African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007. Requisite funding guaranteed.
AIDS exacerbates famine & consequences worse--, destroys communities, foundation of all future wars
Behrman 04
AHCIA solves lack of health care capacity by setting up necessary infrastructure to retain & pay for doctors in Africa
Africa News 07
Adv 1 Poverty
Current US approach to address African health disparities fail to address roots of poverty. Now crucial time. Moral obligation
Benatar & Fox 05
Failure to build FX infrastructure & health care makes all other efforts fail
Schrecker & Labonte 04
US must lead o health issues in Africa. US is in unique position to develop paradigm in public health
Benatar & Fox 05
A2: Interat Actor
Us doctors only ones that have moral obligation
Benatar & Fox 05
Other countires have acted
Sachs 05
Solvency
Only passage & implementation African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007 can reverse the effects of brain drain n& set up the infrastructure & send the needed medical personnel to overcome the crisis
Durbin 07
US’s failure to provide affordable treatment to is the result of a racist mentality – people in Africa are sacrificed because it’s not key to winning elections.
Bradol 03
Racism inevitably leads to nuclear war & extinction
Kovel 70
Secondly you have moral obligation to prevent children from b ecoming orphans – it’s worst pain imaginable & destroys value of life
Kiser 99
Respect for otherness is key to prevent extinction – sacred order which closes off otherness is the root cause of oppression, dehumanization, and violence there is no value to life in this framework – justifying genocidal extermination and global conflict
Fasching 93
FX of doctors are linear – more the better – (double perm solvency)
Garrett 07
Contention 1 inherency
Despite recent increases in public health aid, Africa lacks effective public health infrastructure & medical professionals to handle the aid.
Friedman 07
Advantage 2: AIDS democracy style
Lack of physicians in Africa due to migration allows for spread of HIV/AIDS
Mullan 05
And all current policies to cure AIDS are irrelevant since there are not enough health care workers to care for the patients – only the affirmative can transform the way that health care is done in Africa
Tribune 07
Additionally AIDs hurts Africa’s ability to build a professional class in Africa. This professional a prerequisite for effective governance
Neilson 05
AIDs destroys democratic governance by killing voters and politicans alike and breeds brutal authoritarian regimes. Must address aIDS for effective democracy in Africa
De Waal 06
AIDS has become black plague killing parents destroying infrastructure and food sources and systematically destroying entire continent because US ahas failed b/c of globablized racism
Fidler 03
Lack of democracy causes eeconomci delay,s ethnicconflcits, civil wars and humanitarian disasters
Diamond 98
1ac w/ cites
AIDS part of all Africa’s problems
AIDS destroys credible governments…..
Authoritarian governments…→ bad
AIDS → food shortage
People in Africa are sacrificed…. Racist mentalogy.
Moral obligation
Solvency:
Current US approach to africa’s problems is root cause of africa’s problems
Plan Text
After considering multiple philosophical perspectives, we offer the following plan:The United States federal government should pass and implement the African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007. Requisite funding guaranteed.
1ac w/ cites
Contention 1: Inherency
Despite recent increases in public health aid, Africa lacks effective public health infrastructure and medical professionals to handl the aid.
Eric Friedman, 6/11/07
“Global Fund: At the Cross Roads” http://phrblog.orgbraindrain/2007/06/11/global-fund-at-a-crossroads/
“with a handful of exceptions, such…PEPFAR has failed to do so.
Additionally, health care worker shortages are particularly acute in poor rural areas
Physicians for Human Rights, 2004
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/documents/reports/report-2004-july.pdf
“Health professional shortages are…nurses practice in those rural areas.”
Advantage 1: Poverty
The current US approach to address African health disparities fail to address the roots of poverty. Now is the crucial time for the US to fulfill its ethical obligations to address these inequalities
Benatar and Fox, 2005
“Meeting Threats to Global Health: a Call for American Leadership,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 48.3 p. 344-361
“Current and widening disparities in health around the world…that meet individual and community needs”
To be free of poerty should be a human right, as it is brutal, locking individuals through a lack of education into a continuous cycle of poverty
James Gustave Speth, 1998
A denial of human rights Journal of International Affairs. New York: Fall 1998. Vol. 52, Iss.1
“The right to be free of the crushing…the victims are civilian women.”
Ignoring African health care replicates the logic that justifies the disappearance of humanity
Bradol, 3
“Invisible: Do sick people with no money need to become rich before we see that we can keep them alive?
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/ar/i2003/invisible.cfm
“Outside of armed conflict, victims…or curative (antimicrobial) treatments.”
Respect for otherness is key to prevent extinction—the sacred order which closes off otherness is the root cause of oppression, dehumanization and violence- there is no value to life in this framework- justifying genocidal extermination and global conflict
Darell Fasching, 1993
The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima, p 155-7
“The Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima: From Sacred Morality to Alienation and Ethics…as its “living space” (lebensraum).”
The impacts of poverty out weigh their impacts—the impacts are systemic and it's the equivalent of an ongoing, unending, thermonuclear war every year
Mumia Abu-Jamal 1998
“We live, equally immersed, and to a deeper degree…sharecroppers only to leave them landless.”
Advantage 2: AIDS-democracy style
The lack of physicians in Africa due to migration allows for the spread of HIV/AIDS
Fitzhugh Mullan, 2005
“The Metrics of the Physician brain Drain” October 27, 2005
“This report on physician migration documents..the international physician market.”
And, all current policies to cure AIDS are irrelevant since there are not enough health care workers to care for the patients—only the affirmative can transform the way that health care is done in Africa
International Herald Tribune, May 24, 2007
“CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Lack of medical staff…treat them,” the report said.”
Additionally, AIDS hurts Africa’s ability to build a professional class in Africa. This professional class is a prerequisite for effective governance
Trevor Neilson, 2005
“Aids economics and Terrorism in Africa”
“Africa’s challenge today is that while..GDP while India’s is 35%”
Aids destroys democratic governance by killing voters and politicians alike and breeds brutal authoritarian regimes—must address AIDS for effective democracy in Africa
Alex De Waal, 2006
AIDS and Power: Why there is no Political Crisis—Yet
“In the same idiom as McPHerson’s…infirm to cast their votes.”
Democratic institutions are able to stop corruption.
Reuters-2007
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/4341f783c64cd96d67ccd82f7bbb4d45.htm
“West African countries which have…the rest of the [world’s] nations.””
Lack of democracy causes economic delays, ethnic conflicts, civil wars and humanitarian disasters
Larry Diamond, 1998
“building a Democratic Africa”
www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3532546.html
“The common root cause of economic decay…predictability of a democratic constitution.”
African democracy solves famine conflict and refugee crises
Joseph Siegle, 2006
“African democracies are also much more likely to avoid…destabilizing effects for neighboring countries is acutely apparent.”
Refugee crises create conflicts, instigte civil wars and start genocides
Idean Salehyan and Kristian Gleditsch, 4-18-04 “Refugees and the Spread of War”
“Although most of the existing research…economic conditions in Macedonia.”
In addition to AIDS crisis, Africa is the most at risk country in the world over 200 milion are on the brink of death cause of famine already
Robert H. Trudell, 2005
“The most food-insecure countries of th world…the world’s population grows in the decades to come.”
Unfortunately, AIDS exacerbates the famine risk and makes the consequences of famine far worse. Failure to effectively address AIDS destroys communities creating orphans mpoverishing families exacerbating food shortages and seting the foundation for all future wars.
Greg Behrman, 2004
“Invisible graves line the fields of faraway…tomorrow’s wars will be fought.”
After considering multiple philosophical perspectives, we ofer the following plan:
The United States federal government should pass and implement the African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007. Requisite funding guaranteed.
Contention 4: Solvency
Only the passage and implementation African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007 can reverse the effects of brain drain and set up the infrastructure and send the needed medical personnel to overcome the crisis
Senator Durbin, 2007
“bipartisan group of senators introduce African health capacity investmenta ct of 2007”
“A bipartisan group of Senators today…Senate Foreign Relations Committee.”
The AHCIA solves a lack of health care capacity by setting up the necessary infrastructure to retain, maintain and pay for doctors in Africa
Africa News, 2007
“U.S. Senate to Tackle Massive Health Worker Shortage”
“Physicians for Human Rights applaud today’s…the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.”
Failure to build effective infrastructure and health care capacity makes all other efforts to address AIDS ineffective
Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonte, 2004
“Availability of infrastructure, crucially…motivation and retention.””
The US must lead on health issues in Africa. The U.S. is in a unique position to develop a paradigm in public health
Benatar an Fox 2005
“Meeting Threats to Global Health a call for American leadership”
“Despite Spectacular Achievements in individual health as a result…major improvements in global health” Dallas Aff
Round # 1
vs Team:
Judge:
Plan Text
BRAIN DRAIN
After considering multiple philosophical perspectives,
USFG should pass and implement the African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007. Requisite funding guaranteed.
AIDS exacerbates famine & consequences worse--, destroys communities, foundation of all future wars
Behrman 04
AHCIA solves lack of health care capacity by setting up necessary infrastructure to retain & pay for doctors in Africa
Africa News 07
Adv 1 Poverty
Current US approach to address African health disparities fail to address roots of poverty. Now crucial time. Moral obligation
Benatar & Fox 05
Failure to build FX infrastructure & health care makes all other efforts fail
Schrecker & Labonte 04
US must lead o health issues in Africa. US is in unique position to develop paradigm in public health
Benatar & Fox 05
A2: Interat Actor
Us doctors only ones that have moral obligation
Benatar & Fox 05
Other countires have acted
Sachs 05
Solvency
Only passage & implementation African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007 can reverse the effects of brain drain n& set up the infrastructure & send the needed medical personnel to overcome the crisis
Durbin 07
US’s failure to provide affordable treatment to is the result of a racist mentality – people in Africa are sacrificed because it’s not key to winning elections.
Bradol 03
Racism inevitably leads to nuclear war & extinction
Kovel 70
Secondly you have moral obligation to prevent children from b ecoming orphans – it’s worst pain imaginable & destroys value of life
Kiser 99
Respect for otherness is key to prevent extinction – sacred order which closes off otherness is the root cause of oppression, dehumanization, and violence there is no value to life in this framework – justifying genocidal extermination and global conflict
Fasching 93
FX of doctors are linear – more the better – (double perm solvency)
Garrett 07
Contention 1 inherency
Despite recent increases in public health aid, Africa lacks effective public health infrastructure & medical professionals to handle the aid.
Friedman 07
Advantage 2: AIDS democracy style
Lack of physicians in Africa due to migration allows for spread of HIV/AIDS
Mullan 05
And all current policies to cure AIDS are irrelevant since there are not enough health care workers to care for the patients – only the affirmative can transform the way that health care is done in Africa
Tribune 07
Additionally AIDs hurts Africa’s ability to build a professional class in Africa. This professional a prerequisite for effective governance
Neilson 05
AIDs destroys democratic governance by killing voters and politicans alike and breeds brutal authoritarian regimes. Must address aIDS for effective democracy in Africa
De Waal 06
AIDS has become black plague killing parents destroying infrastructure and food sources and systematically destroying entire continent because US ahas failed b/c of globablized racism
Fidler 03
Lack of democracy causes eeconomci delay,s ethnicconflcits, civil wars and humanitarian disasters
Diamond 98
1ac w/ cites
AIDS part of all Africa’s problems
AIDS destroys credible governments…..
Authoritarian governments…→ bad
AIDS → food shortage
People in Africa are sacrificed…. Racist mentalogy.
Moral obligation
Solvency:
Current US approach to africa’s problems is root cause of africa’s problems
US has the e