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Direct Relief staff deliver personal care items to people displaced by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica this week. The organization is continuing to pulse medical aid into the country's health system as it recovers from the Category 5 hurricane. (Direct Relief photo)
Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 701 shipments of requested medical aid to 51 U.S. states and territories and 12 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 1.9 million defined daily doses of medication.
Medications and supplies shipped this week included diabetes therapies, rare disease treatments, pain-relief medications, cold-chain equipment, and more.
Direct Relief Boosts Support as Post-Melissa Health Needs Grow
Direct Relief provided a backpack to Dr. Samantha Walker, Acting Head of NICU at Victoria Jubilee Hospital, in response to Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. Dr. Walker organized medical outreach to St. Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica after the hurricane. (Direct Relief photo)
Direct Relief continues supporting health facilities across the Caribbean as communities work to restore essential services following Hurricane Melissa. To date, several large scale shipments of emergency medical aid have been delivered across the region—including antibiotics, chronic disease therapies, first-aid supplies, IV solutions, and disease-prevention items.
Direct Relief staff deliver personal care items to people displaced by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica this week. The organization is continuing to pulse medical aid into the country’s health system as it recovers from the Category 5 hurricane. (Direct Relief photo)
Direct Relief continues working closely with partners to meet ongoing health needs and strengthen recovery efforts across affected communities.
Mobilizing Support Following Back-to-Back Typhoons in the Philippines
Entire towns were flooded, and numerous communities remain without electricity after Typhoon Fung-wong passed through the Philippines on Monday, leaving five people dead and displacing more than a million others. (JOHN DIMAIN / AFPTV / AFP)
Back-to-back storms — Typhoon Kalmaegi and Super Typhoon Fung-wong — have caused extensive flooding, landslides, and widespread damage across the Philippines, displacing more than 1 million people and leading to significant disruptions in health services. A nationwide state of emergency remains in effect as authorities continue search and rescue operations and assess emerging health needs.
A $10,000 emergency grant has been approved for PH-Wadah to support ongoing operations in Cebu and at its birthing center in Aborlan, Palawan, where flooding has disrupted maternal and child health services. Direct Relief has also made an emergency offer of medical aid to the Philippines Department of Health and is awaiting confirmation to mobilize additional shipments once the government declares its highest emergency rating.
Direct Relief will continue to closely monitor the situation and prepare medical inventories for rapid deployment to support health facilities in affected communities as requests are received.
Direct Relief’s New Europe Entity Completes First Donation with Teva
Direct Relief’s newly launched European entity has completed its first coordinated medicine donation, working with Teva to deliver essential treatments to logistics partner Logicall.
The milestone follows the opening of Direct Relief’s European headquarters in Frankfurt earlier this month, where global partners and health leaders gathered to mark the organization’s expanded capacity to streamline EU-based donations and strengthen humanitarian supply chains.
Operational Snapshot
UNITED STATES
Direct Relief delivered 667 shipments containing 1.3 million doses of medication this past week to organizations, including the following:
Welvista, South Carolina
NC MedAssist, North Carolina
St. Vincent de Paul Pharmacy- Dallas, Texas
CommunityHealth, Illinois
Findley Foundation Inc. dba Findley Medical Clinic, Wisconsin
North Jefferson County Clinic Pharmacy, Texas
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy, Cincinnati, Ohio
JWCH Institute, Inc., California
Clinica Esperanza/ Hope Clinic, Rhode Island
AROUND THE WORLD
Globally, Direct Relief shipped over 575,961 defined daily doses of medication, totaling 18,860 lbs., to countries including the following:
India
Belarus
Panama
Fiji
Jamacia
Iraq
Haiti
Ukraine
Year-to-Date
Since January 1, 2025, Direct Relief has delivered 26K shipments to 2,636 partner organizations in 54 U.S. states and territories and 88 countries. These shipments contained 282.9 million defined daily doses of medication, valued at $1.9 billion wholesale, totaling 3.7 million lbs.
