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Washington Wildfires Update: Direct Relief Ships Emergency Medical Supplies to Spokane and Tonasket

Direct Relief is responding to devastating fires burning in Washington this week and is dispatching medical aid to support displaced people and frontline health responders. Sixteen fires ...

Health workers with IOM work to educate communities in South Sudan about the risk of Ebola.

DRC Ebola Outbreak 2026

Building Trust to Contain the Spread of Ebola in East Africa

When the Covid-19 epidemic erupted, N95 masks were the top need. In a cholera outbreak, oral rehydration salts and IV fluids are crucial. In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...

Wildfires

Direct Relief Deploys Emergency Medical Aid as Washington Wildfires Force Thousands of Evacuations

A series of wildfires burning across Washington have forced thousands of residents to evacuate and destroyed hundreds of structures. Seventeen fires across the state have burned more than ...