Appendix - Medical Supplies

Large overlap with Food:

• Similar issues for obtaining.
• Most grocery stores have small pharmacy; most drug stores carry some food products.

Prescription:

• Medication for new injuries (e.g., antibiotics)
• Prescriptions that have run out, or where they are inaccessible (e.g., in collapsed buildings)
  How to authenticate? Short-term work-arounds?

OTC medication: - sharing is more practical than for prescriptions

• New needs
• Existing needs

Other medical supplies

• First aid supplies: for example
  • Bandages (major and minor)
  • Antibiotics
  • Antiseptics (alcohol, peroxide, ...)
• Braces (for injured joint and limbs)
• Crutches, wheel chairs