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Over the past week, Direct Relief has shipped 769 shipments of requested medical aid to 47 U.S. states and territories and 14 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 11.5 million defined daily doses of medication.
Medications and supplies shipped this week included cancer treatments, rare disease therapies, diabetes management medications, anti-inflammatory medications, prenatal vitamins, and more.
Community Health Fair in Puerto Rico Expands Care
A patient receives a health screening at a community health fair in Vieques, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Rolando Perez for Direct Relief)
Direct Relief supported a community health fair on the island of Vieques last week, and the event provided critical services to patients. Vieques is located off of Puerto Rico’s eastern coast, and has limited access to health services because of its remote location.
Screenings from HealthProMed helped more people access critical health services. (Photo by Rolando Perez for Direct Relief)
Direct Relief has supported healthcare on the island since Hurricane Maria, including to health center HealthProMed, which operates a number of primary care clinics in Puerto Rico, including on Vieques. The health center offered primary care and preventive services to patients as part of the health fair, along with health nonprofit La Fondita de Jesús.
Cancer screening services were provided, including mammograms, and psychological services focused on cancer patients also took place.
La Fondita de Jesus conducts health screenings out of a mobile van. (Photo by Rolando Perez for Direct Relief)
Telemedicine Unit Rolls into Action in India
A Direct Relief-funded telehealth mobile medical unit is a critical disaster response tool for Amrita Hospital, which used the unit to respond to flooded communities in Kerala, India. (Courtesy photo)
Last month, flooding in Kerala, India, led to a devastating landslide that is believed to have killed more than 400 people and injured and displaced many more.
Amrita Hospital, located in Kerala, deployed a Direct Relief-funded medical bus, equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and treatment facilities, including a new satellite dish, and the vehicle has served as a key mobile health facility for those impacted by the landslide.
Direct Relief has a long history of support to Amrita, dating back to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, after which Direct Relief funded the organization’s first mobile outreach bus. Amrita used the vehicle to conduct medical mobile outreach for the next 19 years, providing services to hundreds of thousands of people around the country.
In 2022, the organization requested funds to build and run a mobile telemedicine unit. This medical bus was designed to enable Amrita Hospital to extend the reach of its health services, to run medical outreach to remote communities without access to regular health services, and respond to disasters, including last month’s flooding and landslide.
Midwife Kits Arrive in Chad
Officials with Chad’s Ministry of Health received medicines and midwifery kits for two rural health centers in the province of Tandjilé. (Courtesy photo)
Midwife kits to support safe births recently arrived in Chad. The kits, which contain 61 essential items midwives can use to help women deliver, will be used in rural health outposts located more than 300 miles from the country’s capital.
This week, Direct Relief also shipped a requested delivery of essential medicines and medical supplies to Chad’s Ministry of Public Health, including cancer therapies, treatments for infections and chronic conditions, wound care items, and protective gear for frontline health providers.
A shipment of medical aid departs Direct Relief’s warehouse bound for Chad this week. (Shannon Hickerson/Direct Relief)
Telehealth Effort Connects Patients to Care During Fire
Scorched hillsides could be seen in northern Santa Barbara County after the Gifford Fire. Community Health Centers of the Central Coast in Santa Maria received a grant from Direct Relief’s Power for Health initiative to launch a telehealth effort, which was able to connect patients to care when a local health center was closed due to fire. (Photo courtesy of the Community Health Centers of the Central Coast)
A Direct Relief-funded resilient power project has allowed a local health center to provide critical health services to patients impacted by California’s largest wildfire.
Direct Relief funded the installation of a solar microgrid at the Community Health Centers of the Central Coast in Santa Maria, California, and the facility also serves as a telehealth hub that covers a large portion of the northern part of Santa Barbara County, much of which is rural.
During the Gifford Fire, which began on August 1 and has burned more than 131,000 acres, the health center was able to provide telehealth services for patients who would have had appointments delayed or canceled due to fire-driven health center closures in the rural community of New Cuyama.
“We have been heavily relying on Skyway Telehealth to maintain access for our Cuyama patients and those displaced during the New Cuyama clinic closure,” said Victoria Wood, the clinic’s chief experience officer.
Dozens of visits that would normally take place in Cuyama were shifted to Skyway providers via telehealth, ensuring patients could continue their care uninterrupted.
“This has been a critical lifeline, particularly for patients managing chronic conditions who simply cannot afford gaps in treatment,” Wood said.”The Power for Health initiative at Skyway has been a key part of making this possible by strengthening the infrastructure we’ve depended on during this crisis.”
“We’re deeply grateful for your ongoing partnership and support as we navigate both the immediate impacts of the fire and the longer-term needs of our patients and staff,” Wood said.
Operational Snapshot
UNITED STATES
Direct Relief 733 shipments departed containing 1.5 million doses of medication during the past week to organizations, including the following:
Welvista, South Carolina
NC MedAssist, North Carolina
St. Vincent de Paul Pharmacy – Dallas, Texas
CommunityHealth, Illinois
Samaritans Touch Care Center, Florida
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy Cincinnati, Ohio
UNC Health Specialty & Home Delivery Pharmacy
NOVA ScriptsCentral Inc Pharmacy, Virginia
St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy Cincinnati Western Hills, Ohio
Around the World
Globally, Direct Relief shipped over 10 million defined daily doses of medication, totaling 94,678 lbs., to countries including the following:
Ukraine
Armenia
Tanzania
Kenya
Bangladesh
Mongolia
Syria
Panama
YEAR-TO-DATE
Since January 1, 2025, Direct Relief has delivered 19.1K shipments to 2,373 partner organizations in 54 U.S. states and territories and 85 countries. These shipments included 180 million defined daily doses of medication, valued at $1.4 billion wholesale, totaling 2.8 million lbs.
