“When everyone is running from the scene, I was running towards it just to save others,” Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan said during the second episode of “Humanitarian Heroes: Voices from the Frontlines” speaker series. In collaboration with the PEACE Lab at Yale School of Public Health, we launched the series to bring you closer to members of the Aurora Humanitarian Network working on
Dr Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, the founder of Aamin Ambulance. photos: MALIN FEZEHAI/nyt On the way to and from his dental clinic every day, Dr Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan was appalled by an all-too-common sight: severely injured and dead Somalis being transported to hospitals in wooden hand carts or wheelbarrows. This was in 2006 in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu,
Emergency Response, Rescue in emergency situations, Emergency healthcare, Supporting communities in climate-vulnerable regions, Healthcare and Food Safety, Healthcare infrastructure improvement, Provision of medical services, Rescue in emergency situations Impact Location Somalia Occupation Medical Professional / Founder, Aamin Ambulance Photo Gallery Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan is a Somali dentist whose determination to save lives led him to play a leading role in improving emergency
