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...