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Staff with the Syrian American Medical Society conduct outreach in Northwest Syria last week. Direct Relief shipped the organization medical support over the past week, including specialty medication for patients with hemophilia. (Photo courtesy of SAMS)
Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 191 shipments of requested medical aid to 36 U.S. states and territories and 17 countries worldwide.
The shipments contained 7 million defined daily doses of medication, including personal protective gear for health providers, typhoid and Hepatitis B vaccines, antibiotics, mental health medications, cancer therapies, insulin, rare disease therapies, and prenatal vitamins.
The organization granted $814,282 in cash support over the same period.
United States
In the US, Direct Relief delivered 164 shipments weighing 6,196 lbs. containing 288,697 doses of medications over the past week to health facilities including the following:
Palmetto Health Council, Inc., GA
Santa Barbara County Public Health Pharmacy, CA
C.A.R.E. Clinic, MN
Good Shepherd Ministries, OK
Better Health Pharmacy, CA
San Francisco Free Clinic, CA
Symba Center, CA
Antlers First Baptist Church Free Clinic, OK
The PIC Place, CO
Tulakes Clinic, OK
Worldwide
This week, outside the US, Direct Relief shipped more than 8.2 million defined daily doses of medication totaling 1.5 million lbs.
Countries that received medical aid over the past week included:
Armenia
Bangladesh
Brazil
Dominican Republic
Ethiopia
Guatemala
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Jamaica
Palestinian Territories
Paraguay
Philippines
Rwanda
Syria
Uganda
Millions of PPE Items Bound for Nations Across the Americas
Protective gowns arrive in collaboration with Brazil’s Ministry of Health. (Courtesy photo)
The situation: As omicron cases surge, health care providers once again find themselves at high risk. More PPE is needed to care for patients and conduct vaccination campaigns.
The response: Direct Relief is reserving 10 million KN95 masks for US health centers and clinics and donating another 60 million masks to 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean—enough to fill more than one hundred 40-foot shipping containers.
The impact: The supplies will support frontline providers, vaccination campaigns, and more.
A 25-ton shipment of medical aid including 860 Direct Relief-purchased oxygen concentrators arrived via air charter in Kathmandu, Nepal on Fri. May 28, 2021 amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.(Photo: Pranjal Sharma/Direct Relief)
HOPE Hospital staff in Bangladesh receive critical Covid-19 relief supplies including 100 oxygen concentrators, PPE, thermometers, and more. August, 2021. (Photo courtesy of HOPE Hospital)
Oxygen concentrators from Direct Relief were loaded into helicopters for remote communities in the Himalayas. Aug. 2021. (Mountain Heart Nepal photo)
Staff at the American University of Beirut Medical Center assemble high-flow oxygen concentrators, purchased with a grant from Direct Relief. (Photo courtesy of Anera)
On June 18th, 2021, American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon received of a Direct Relief shipment of containing, among other items, two oxygen supply systems to help treat Covid-19 patients. (Photos courtesy of Anera)
Oxygen concentrators from Direct Relief arrive in Manaus, Brazil, on Saturday, February 13, 2021. (Courtesy photo)
200 oxygen concentrators staged at Direct Relief’s warehouse on April 22, 2021, bound for health providers in Brazil. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)
Oxygen concentrators staged at Direct Relief’s California headquarters for delivery to Covid-19-impacted areas across the globe on May 11, 2021. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)
Medical aid from Direct Relief arrived in Delhi, India, on May 16, 2021, with 1.8 million KN95 masks and oxygen concentrators requested by hospitals dealing with Covid-19 surges in the region. (Direct Relief photo)
Oxygen concentrators staged at Direct Relief’s California headquarters for delivery to areas impacted by Covid-19. May 11, 2021. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)
A FedEx Boeing 777 charter flight bound for Mumbai with medical aid from Direct Relief including 3,400 oxygen concentrators and converters. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)
A donated FedEx Boeing 777 charter flight, organized by Direct Relief, departed Newark, NJ, with supplies including oxygen equipment for New Delhi, India on May 15-16, 2021. (Photo courtesy of FedEx)
A medical provider at AltaMed Health Services in California provides care to a patient in December 2020. The health center provided at-home oxygen treatment to Covid-patients discharged from intensive care unit. (Courtesy photo)
Emergency medical supplies, including 200 oxygen concentrators, were prepped Jan. 12, 2021 at Direct Relief’s warehouse for delivery to Lancaster, California, as the facility cared for an influx of Covid-19 patients. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)
The situation: Even before Covid-19, medical-grade oxygen was scarce in much of the world. Pandemic-induced supply chain issues – and soaring global oxygen needs – have only exacerbated the problem.
The response: Direct Relief has already invested more than $15 million to address Covid-19-related oxygen shortages. The organization is committing an additional $5 million to create resilient, efficient oxygen systems in under-resourced settings.
The impact: According to Leith Greenslade, an expert on oxygen supply shortages with Every Breath Counts: “Organizations like Direct Relief have an absolutely critical role to play in preventing oxygen shortages in low-resource settings. We need very nimble humanitarian agencies that can almost operate in a parallel universe.”
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Salon: Tonga Suffers a Humanitarian Crisis as Residents Struggle to Recover from Volcanic Eruption “The primary health concerns during volcanic eruptions are similar to wildfires, and include respiratory distress, eye and skin irritation, contaminated water supply, the intensification of chronic illnesses when access to medicine is compromised,” writes Direct Relief, a nonprofit humanitarian organization.
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