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Dr. Kevin Boner B.Sc (Pharm), MB, BCh, BAO, MA, MRCPI,
Clinical Lecturer in Medicine, RCSI
At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to:
- Describe and develop the role of the pharmacists in
emergency situations
- Summarize the planning framework required for pharmacist involvement and collaboration in a humanitarian effort
- Describe how pharmacists may become involved in humanitarian projects.
Thin man with cough, skin falling off
Kids keep dying after transitioning from IV to PO
Post conflict... refugee camps... No existing logistic supply chain... Wet season coming... thoughts on what to buy/source & quantities? Transport? Storage?
Essential drug lists... Emergency vs development... Acute vs chronic illnesses... COSTS and what healthcare system would you like?
Why me? Motivation
What can I possibly do? Role(s)
What’s in it for me? Personal
Professional
Other
Missionary Madness Mercenary
Thin man, cough & skin falling off
Dying kids & IV to PO switch
What you can bring home
Missionary
Post conflict... refugee camps... No existing logistic supply chain... Wet season coming... thoughts on what to buy/source & quantities? ◦ Essential Drug Kits
◦ Benzyl Benzoate
◦ Diarrhoea/Cholera: ORS.... Storage!
◦ Cold chain/vaccines ◦ 3-phase electricity ◦ bicycles versus donkeys versus Russian Ilyushin
Madness
Essential drug lists... Emergency vs development... Acute vs chronic illnesses... COSTS and what healthcare system would you like?
Mercenary
Thin man with cough, skin falling off:
◦ (therapeutics, advocacy, communications) (development)
Kids keep dying after transitioning from IV to PO
◦ (compounding, quality assurance, regulation, importation, training/teaching) (development)
Post conflict... refugee camps... No existing logistic supply chain... Wet season coming... thoughts on what to buy/source & quantities?
◦ Audit cycles/inventory control/storage/cold chain/lag-
times/just in time delivery, etc (emergency/relief)
Essential drug lists... Emergency vs development... Acute vs chronic illnesses... COSTS
◦ Advocacy, regulatory, (chronic illnesses)
Motivation:
Role:
What’s in it for me ◦ Personal:
Motivational factors
◦ Professional:
CV
project management, HR, IT, Audit, Training, capacity building, team work, etc, etc
◦ Other: travel, spiritual...