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Destruction in the wake of Cyclone Yasa. (Photo courtesy of the Loloma Foundation)

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Responding to Fiji’s Category 5 Cyclone Yasa

Shipments of medical aid, including protective gowns, face shields, masks and googles, depart for medical facilities in 14 states last week from Direct Relief's warehouse. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)

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Global Update: Covid-19 Vaccine + Health Centers, Infectious Diseases, Lebanon

People assess the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Ravikant Singh)

Covid-19

One Pandemic, Two Cyclones: In India, Aid Groups Respond Amid the Damage

Health workers took heroic measures to protect people from overdoses in 2019, whether in Virginia or Puerto Rico. Above, Dr. Chaco Vargas hugs a patient in Puerto Rico while doing outreach earlier this year to those in recovery from opioid addiction. (Bimarian Films)

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ICYMI: Good Things Happened in 2019

Damage to the city of Tacloban, in the Philippines, in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. (Photo by Jodie Willard for Direct Relief)

Humanitarian Crisis

10 Disasters That Changed the World

Direct Relief's Gordon Willcock meets with a doctor in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian hit the islands as a Category 5 hurricane in August.

Health

A Year of Disasters Brings Another Year of Response

Dr. Neide Santos and Dr. Shilpa Jamnadas, medical director of Mascarenhas Hospital in Beira. (Noah Smith/ Direct Relief)

Cyclone Idai

Cyclone Idai Destroyed Their Hospital. They Never Stopped Treating Patients.

Cyclone Vayu is charging towards western India and southeastern Pakistan and is expected to make landfall Thursday. Direct Relief is contacting local partner healthcare facilities to gauge medical needs. (Map courtesy of earth.nullschool.net)

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Hundreds of Thousands in India Evacuated Ahead of Severe Cyclone

Hurricanes

Tracking Population Data Could Change Disaster Response

Mozambique

After Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, Recovery in Mozambique Continues

Epidemiologists at Harvard School of Public Health, with whom Direct Relief, Nethope, Facebook's Data for Good team, and the Northwestern University School of Medicine have been collaborating since the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, have updated their model to understand how the emergence of cholera cases could spread to better target vaccination efforts.

Predicting the Spread of Cholera in Mozambique

Families evacuate in Odisha, India, before Cyclone Fani came ashore on Friday. (Photo courtesy of Odisha Police Department)

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Millions Evacuate as Deadly Cyclone Fani Lashes India, Churns Towards Bangladesh

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Prepped for departure from Direct Relief's warehouse, medical aid is staged on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, bound for health facilities across the globe. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)

Covid-19

Operational Update: Infusions of Respiratory Support, PPE for Hospitals Continue

Children break for snack time at Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles, Ca. The health center runs an early head start program for newborns to children up to three years of age. (Photo Courtesy of Venice Family Clinic)

Covid-19

Growing Up in a Pandemic: How Covid is Affecting Children’s Development

The HEAT experience serving meals to over 400 frontline healthcare workers and 150 patients at Community Health of South Florida Inc. (Photo: NBA)

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Responding to Fiji’s Category 5 Cyclone Yasa

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Covid-19

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Cyclone Idai Destroyed Their Hospital. They Never Stopped Treating Patients.

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Hundreds of Thousands in India Evacuated Ahead of Severe Cyclone

Hurricanes

Tracking Population Data Could Change Disaster Response

Mozambique

After Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, Recovery in Mozambique Continues

Predicting the Spread of Cholera in Mozambique

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Millions Evacuate as Deadly Cyclone Fani Lashes India, Churns Towards Bangladesh

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Growing Up in a Pandemic: How Covid is Affecting Children’s Development

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Miami Heat Donates $1M to Direct Relief to Address Health Gaps

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