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Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 479 shipments of requested medical aid to 45 U.S. states and territories and 8 countries worldwide.
The shipments contained 23.9 million defined daily doses of medication, including prenatal vitamins, mental health medications, antibiotics, insulin, chronic disease management medications, PPE, and more.
The organization is tracking multiple responses across the globe and will continue to respond.
Ukraine
Since February 24, Direct Relief has provided medical aid to Ukraine weighing more than 1.9 million pounds, or 950 tons, with more on the way.
This week, 11 tons of medical aid departed Direct Relief’s warehouse to northeastern and western Ukrainian cities. The shipments include specifically requested items, such as field medic packs for triage care, cancer medications, antibiotics, cardiovascular medications, vitamins, insulin syringes and needles, and PPE.
Pallets of emergency medical supplies are prepared for shipment to Ukraine on October 24, 2022. (Maeve O’Connor/Direct Relief)
Supporting Ukrainian Refugees in Slovakia
Direct Relief staff were in Slovakia this week and visited with Fire Medical, an ambulatory services non-profit located in Gabčíkovo that acts as an outpatient clinic and operates hospital transportation services free-of-charge for Ukrainian refugees.
As they take patients to hospitals each day, the nonprofit logs about 3,728 miles per week in their ambulance. Direct Relief provided the group with a $300,000 grant earlier this year for operating costs and the purchase of medicine, which they must buy privately as government support is unavailable.
Staff at Fire Medical with their ambulance that provides critical transportation services to Ukrainian refugees living in Slovakia. (Brianna Newport/Direct Relief)
Hurricane Ian, One Month Into Recovery
In the four weeks since the storm, more than 247 emergency shipments were sent to Florida, valued at $2.8 million to 80 recipients, and requests for medical aid have departed Direct Relief’s warehouse for health facilities recovering from the storm at a rapid pace.
Health staff at the Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Health Clinic in Port Charlotte, Florida, receive a field medic pack from Direct Relief on Friday, October 7, 2022. (Zack Wittman for Direct Relief)
— National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (@NAFClinics) October 26, 2022
The grant awardees were selected for their innovative and practical approaches to mental health care, which include efforts to expand healthcare access for underserved and vulnerable patients experiencing mental and behavioral health issues, with a focus on depression and anxiety. The announcement was made at the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT
WORLDWIDE
This week, Direct Relief shipped more than 16.9 million defined daily doses of medication outside the U.S.
Countries that received medical aid over the past week included:
Ukraine
Tunisia
Honduras
Egypt
Togo
Sri Lanka
Ecuador
Dominican Republic
UNITED STATES
Direct Relief delivered 464 shipments containing 7 million doses of medications over the past week to organizations including the following:
Agape Clinic, Texas
St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy, Ohio
Nurses Global Outreach ICT Street Team, Kansas
Community Health of East Tennessee, Inc., Tennessee
Pancare of Florida, Inc. Malone, Florida
The Health Hut, Louisiana
Compassionate Care of Shelby County, Ohio
St. Joseph Social Welfare Board, Missouri
Hope Clinic and Care Center, Wisconsin
Health Access for All Inc. dba Angeles Community Health Center, California
YEAR-TO-DATE (GLOBAL)
Since January 1, 2022, Direct Relief has delivered 16.7K shipments to 2,130 healthcare providers in 53 U.S. states and territories and 87 countries.
These shipments contained 496.6 million defined daily doses of medication valued at $1.5 billion (wholesale), totaling 10.6 million lbs.
Travis County secures nearly 10,000 doses of life-saving overdose drug naloxone – KUT.org: Travis County has secured a bulk order of the life-saving drug naloxone in an effort to prevent opioid deaths. The shipment comes after the county issued an emergency declaration triggered by a record-high number of overdoses related to fentanyl last year… The doses were provided to the county by the nonprofit humanitarian aid group Direct Relief and will be distributed locally by the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance.
