Critical Care in Difficult Contexts

CRITICAL CARE IN DIFFICULT CONTEXTS

NIKKI BLACKWELL ALLLIANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ACTION

JUNE 2016

declaration

« humanitarianism is a citizen’s response to political failure »

ETHIOPIA 1984, FAMINE WEMBLEY STADIUM 1985

« Critical care is not hard. It is just about doing the simple things really

well – and not doing anything stupid »

Dr Dan Mullany 2002

MALI 2010, MALNUTRITION

BRISBANE 2015, PEACE

IVORY COAST 2005, CONFLICT

EVERYWHERE, ALMOST ALWAYS

PAKISTAN NWFP 2005, EARTHQUAKE

PAKISTAN NWFP 2006, EARTHQUAKE

HAITI, IVORY COAST, LIBERIA,CONFLICT

HAITI 2004-2005, CONFLICT

HAITI 2004-2005, CONFLICT

HAITI 2005, CONFLICT

IVORY COAST 2005, CONFLICT

IVORY COAST 2005, CONFLICT

PAKISTAN NWFP 2005, EARTHQUAKE

IVORY COAST 2005 CONFLICT

HAITI 2010, CHOLERA

HAITI 2010, CHOLERA

NIGER 2013, MALNUTRITION

NIGER 2012, MALNUTRITION

if children starve in peacetime it should be called war

NIGER, THE FUTURE