“Emerging Technologies and Medical Countermeasures to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Agents in East Ukraine”

Sonny S. Patel; Robert M. Grace; Patrick Chellew; Mykola Prodanchuk; Olha Romaniuk; Yuriy Skrebets; Sergii A. Ryzhenko; Timothy B. Erickson

doi:10.1186/s13031-020-00279-9

Conflict and Health (May 2020)

“Emerging Technologies and Medical Countermeasures to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Agents in East Ukraine”

Sonny S. Patel,
Robert M. Grace,
Patrick Chellew,
Mykola Prodanchuk,
Olha Romaniuk,
Yuriy Skrebets,
Sergii A. Ryzhenko,
Timothy B. Erickson

Affiliations

Sonny S. Patel: Fellow, NIH Fogarty Global Health Humanitarian Scholar, Harvard University
Robert M. Grace: USIP-Minerva Peace Scholar, United States Institute of Peace, Graduate Research Fellow, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Patrick Chellew: Medical ATO
Mykola Prodanchuk: L.I. Medved’s Research Center of Preventive Toxicology, Food, and Chemical Safety, Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Olha Romaniuk: ODC U.S. Embassy
Yuriy Skrebets: Regional Clinical Hospital, I.I. Mechnikov
Sergii A. Ryzhenko: Regional Clinical Hospital, I.I. Mechnikov
Timothy B. Erickson: Brigham Health, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00279-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

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Abstract Since 2014, Ukraine has been beset by an armed conflict with international and internal dimensions. The nature of this conflict is multidimensional, and disaster preparedness and response in this context must be as well. Health experts from Ukraine, the United States of America, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, and Norway convened for an educational event in Dnipro, East Ukraine on November 11-15, 2019. At the event, “Emerging Technologies and Countermeasures to CBRN Agents: Advanced Training Response to Conflict and Security Challenges in East Ukraine,” over 1,000 participants participated in panel discussions, didactic lectures, and an advanced training on various dimensions of disaster response. This report provides an overview of the key discussions and outcomes of the event.

Published in Conflict and Health

ISSN: 1752-1505 (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions; Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Website: https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/

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