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Over the past week, Direct Relief sent 344 shipments of requested medical aid, containing 6.4 million defined daily doses of medication, to organizations across 39 U.S. states and territories and 18 other countries.
Shipments sent this week included rare disease medications, HPV vaccines, cancer therapies, diabetes treatments, antibiotics, and Direct Relief Midwife Kits.
Direct Relief Monitoring Red Flag Conditions in California
Southern California is bracing for the season’s first major Santa Ana wind event, with red flag warnings in effect across much of the Los Angeles area Thursday and Friday. Forecasters expect winds to gust as high as 70 mph in the mountains, with lower-lying valleys seeing gusts in the 40 to 60 mph range. The western side of the region, which missed out on recent rainfall from a tropical storm, is especially vulnerable, while utilities are weighing rolling power shutoffs, particularly around Malibu, to prevent damaged lines from sparking new fires.
A brush fire dubbed the Peak Fire broke out Thursday in Azusa, north of San Gabriel Canyon Road. Direct Relief is monitoring the fire as conditions develop.
Based in California, Direct Relief has a long history of responding to wildfires across the state, including the devastating Los Angeles-area fires in January 2025. The organization maintains a stockpile of critical medications and supplies often requested during wildfires, including respiratory health medications, N95 respirators, chronic disease management medications, and personal protective equipment, to address health needs such as worsened respiratory and cardiovascular conditions from smoke exposure and medication access issues during evacuations.
Direct Relief is monitoring the conditions and will respond if any medical needs become known.
17-Pallet Shipment Supports Healthcare Network in Syria
Pallets of medicines and medical supplies are moved through Direct Relief’s warehouse, bound for the Independent Doctors Association in Turkey. (Tori Gordon/Direct Relief)
A 17-pallet shipment containing nearly $2 million in medicines and medical supplies has been sent to the Independent Doctors Association, or IDA, a humanitarian medical organization based in Gaziantep, Turkey, that supports healthcare delivery across Syria. The shipment includes medicine and supplies that address a broad range of needs, from infectious disease treatment and oncology to cardiovascular care, anesthesia, chronic disease management, and reproductive health.
IDA operates 52 healthcare facilities and service sites, including hospitals, primary healthcare centers, mobile clinics, vaccination centers, and specialized facilities such as cholera treatment centers and a tuberculosis treatment center, serving communities where displacement, damaged infrastructure, and prolonged instability have made access to healthcare especially difficult.
“A hospital, a mobile clinic, or a primary healthcare center can be the difference between someone receiving timely treatment and having nowhere to turn,” said Laila Mizrahi, Direct Relief’s Program Officer for the Middle East & North Africa.
Peru’s Minister of Health Visits Direct Relief Headquarters
Peru’s Minister of Health Luis Dyer, Consul General Jaime Casafranca, and Erick Molina, Direct Relief’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, tour Direct Relief’s warehouse in Santa Barbara, California. (Shannon Hickerson/Direct Relief)
Peru’s Minister of Health, Luis Dyer, along with Consul General Jaime Casafranca, visited Direct Relief’s Santa Barbara headquarters this month to discuss the country’s health priorities and ways to expand an existing partnership that has supported Peru for more than 15 years through longtime partner Asociación Vida Perú. Discussions centered on emergency preparedness ahead of El Niño, which has brought intense droughts, wildfires, and heavy rains to different parts of the country, as well as efforts to address high rates of anemia among women and children.
Conversations touched on emergency preparedness needs, including potential support for first responders ahead of an upcoming visit by Pope Leo to northern Peru, where large crowds are expected to face a high risk of dehydration and heat-related illness. On maternal and child health, the visit also explored ways Direct Relief’s existing midwife kit and prenatal vitamin programs could help address anemia rates that remain high in some of Peru’s less developed regions.
The visit builds on Direct Relief’s longstanding relationship with Peru and lays the groundwork for a new agreement with the Ministry of Health that could allow Direct Relief to provide vaccines and specialized medications not currently registered in the country.
Operational Snapshot
United States
Direct Relief sent 298 shipments weighing 21,167 pounds and containing 468,704 defined daily doses of medication.
The Agape Clinic, Texas
Rural Health Medical Program Inc., Alabama
St. Vincent De Paul Clinic, Arizona
Mission Arlington Medical Clinic, Texas
Catherine’s Health Center, Michigan
ODA Primary Care Health Center, New York
Community Care Clinic of Franklin, North Carolina
Healing Word Counseling Center, Tennessee
Bethesda Health Clinic, Texas
Welvista, South Carolina
Around the World
Outside the U.S., Direct Relief sent 5.9 million defined daily doses of medication, weighing 38,876 pounds.
