In Emergencies, We Shouldn't Only Be Saving the Children
Dr Unni Karunakara
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Posted 19.02.2013
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UK
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This focus on the very young is perhaps a natural reflex, yet we mustn't allow it to blind us to the needs of older people. As a doctor myself, and currently president of an international medical humanitarian organisation operating in emergencies around the world, I want to challenge our sense that we should always focus first on the needs of the very young in emergencies.
