title: A Somalia mission experience.
abstract: Reports about The Horn of Africa Famine Crisis in 2011 flooded our news bulletins and newspapers. Yet the nations of the world failed to respond and alleviate the unfolding disaster. In August 2011, the Gift of the Givers Foundation mobilised what was to become the largest humanitarian mission ever conducted by an African organisation. Almost a year later, the effort continues, changing the face of disaster medicine as we know it.
authors: Emergency Department, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. zeynmahomed@gmail.com
authors: Zeyn
authors: Z
authors: Mahomed
authors: Muhammad
authors: M
authors: Moolla
authors: Feroza
authors: F
authors: Motara
authors: Abdullah
authors: A
authors: Laher
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008493:Medical Missions; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012036:Refugees; D012998:Somalia; D013217:Starvation; D014857:Warfare