title: Notes from the field: mortality among refugees fleeing Somalia--Dadaab refugee camps, Kenya, July-August 2011.
abstract: Refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya, currently are receiving Somali refugees fleeing famine and armed conflict at a rate of approximately 1,400 refugees per day. New arrivals are at an elevated risk for mortality because of severe famine in Somalia, the dangerous journey, and overcrowding in the camps.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007630:Kenya; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000401:mortality*; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D012036:Refugees; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D013217:Starvation; D013997:Time Factors; D014857:Warfare