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Ponta Gea Hospital in Beira, a main health center in the regional capital city, after Cyclone Eloise. (Photo courtesy of HAI)

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Powerful Cyclone Hits During Covid-19 Surge in Mozambique

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

Cyclones

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)

Covid-19

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)

Cyclones

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

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Health providers are integrating mental health services and chronic disease care to help patients better manage their medical conditions. (iStock image)

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Chronic Disease and Mental Health are Linked. But How?

Participants embrace after a group session at Puerto Rico's Center for Mind-Body Medicine. The Center said people close, lasting bonds from sharing their personal stories and experiences. (Courtesy photo)

Health

Global Update: Volcanic Eruption; Overdose-Reversing Medication; Global Grants

Los Puertorriqueños participan en una sesión de yoga. El yoga básico es una de las técnicas centrales que
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Hurricane Maria

“Momentos de Calma”. En Puerto Rico, Desarrollando las Habilidades Emocionales para Hacer Frente al Desastre.

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Cyclones

Powerful Cyclone Hits During Covid-19 Surge in Mozambique

Cyclones

Responding to Fiji’s Category 5 Cyclone Yasa

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Covid-19

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

Humanitarian Crisis

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Cyclone Idai

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

Cyclones

Hundreds of Thousands in India Evacuated Ahead of Severe Cyclone

Hurricanes

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Mozambique

After Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, Recovery in Mozambique Continues

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Chronic Disease and Mental Health are Linked. But How?

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Global Update: Volcanic Eruption; Overdose-Reversing Medication; Global Grants

Hurricane Maria

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