The Indian Famine

Facing famine: Somali experiences in the famine of 2011

In 2011-12, Somalia experienced the worst famine of the twenty- first century. Since then, research on the famine has focused almost exclusively on the external response, the reasons for the delay in the international response, and the implications for international humanitarian action in the context of the "global war on terror." This paper focuses on the internal, Somali response to the famin...

The geography of famine

present and traces, somewhat tediously at times, the struggle of the medical profession in Victoria to control the supply of doctors, divisions within its ranks and competition from without the alternative practitioner (chemists, homoeopaths and opticians), Friendly Societies, and various attempts by the government to establish a national health scheme. Instrumental in the favourable outcome of...

Understanding and Preventing Famine and Famine Mortality

The Ethiopian famine.

It has been suggested that the Ethiopian famine is only one facet of a long-term climatic change whose effects include the southward movement of the Sahara. The impression is often given that famine is widespread across a belt of Africa from Cape Verde to the Red Sea, but nothing could be further from the truth. Famine is defined as an extreme shortage of food, but this must be viewed in relati...

Learning from the 2011 Famine