Hurricane Sandy: NYC Pharmacy Access Update
Based on data imported from the RxResponse Pharmacy Status tool, conditions appear to have improved for most of the New York City area by Friday morning.
However, serious problems with pharmacy service availability (as reported earlier by Direct Relief)—most likely related to power outages and flooding—remain persistent throughout lower Manhattan.
Blue squares in the map above represent pharmacy locations known to be closed. Red triangles represent pharmacies known to be open. (Click on the map for a larger image.)
Many other locations are not reporting status and have not been represented here.
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Author: By Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis on November 2, 2012Category: Emergency Response, Innovation & Technology, USA Work
Dr. Andrew Schroeder is responsible for all analytics programs, monitoring and evaluation, data collection, business intelligence and data visualization, geographic information systems, and geospatial analytics. Schroeder has developed and implemented a number of projects at Direct Relief to demonstrate programmatic impact, including Mapping Global Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS; Spatial Analysis of the Global Diflucan® Distribution Program; development of GIS-based laboratory monitoring in Ethiopia; and USA Safety Net Mapping, which was cited in the New England Journal of Medicine. Schroeder has also presented findings from his research at Direct Relief at prominent conferences, including the Global Health Council and the InterAction Forum. Schroeder earned his Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Analysis from New York University and his Masters of Public Policy (MPP) from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, specializing in quantitative and qualitative social analytic methods, information technology policy and international development. Prior to Direct Relief he worked as an assistant professor of communications at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and as a research fellow in globalization and communications at the City University of Hong Kong.
Hi I am a nurse for 29 years. Please let me know if I can assist/volunteer my services in anyway to help people who are suffering from this storm. I am very frustrated with the Red Cross. ( they are difficult to contact). Also,, my pastor is going to Haiti next week and I am wondering if you have any suggestions on how we could provide vitamins/aspirin/Tylenol for the Haitian people.
Thank you so much,
Lisa
Hi, Lisa,
Thanks for your willingness to help those in need. We’ll keep an ear out for any of our clinic partners in need of nurse volunteers, but one organization you may want to try that we work with is World Cares Center, worldcares.org. They are taking volunteers for Sandy relief.
Regarding the medicines in Haiti, your question has been sent to one of our staff who may have suggestions for you. We will let you know his response as soon as it comes through.
Hi, Lisa. Just got feedback for you – because we only send meds with licensed physicians, our team is not sure what the process is for others without a medical background. Hope you can find some answers soon!