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Medicines360 and Direct Relief announced their partnership earlier this year to provide Medicines360’s hormonal IUD, LILETTA®, free of charge to clinics that serve the most vulnerable women in the United States. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Medicines360

Redefining Access for Women in America

Empowering every woman to space their children or avoid a pregnancy they neither desire nor plan has profoundly positive effects on the course of their individ...

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Dr. Mark Buntaine of UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, speaks at Direct Relief on Dec. 12, 2018. Buntaine and Drs. Kelsey Jack, Ashley Larsen and Kyle Meng spoke about the effect of climate and disaster response. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Extreme Weather

Climate Change, Disasters and Time: A Discussion with UCSB Bren School Faculty

Experts gather for discussion around disaster ...

Direct Relief staff bring medical supplies to Mexico Beach after Hurricane Michael's impact in the Florida panhandle on Sunday, October 14, 2018. (Photo by Zack Wittman for Direct Relief)

Direct Relief Tops 2018 Charity Ratings

In a time of increasing natural disasters and growing income inequality, Direct Relief’s performance in delivering medicine and other healthcare resources to disaster victims and ...

Hurricane Maria

Profiles in Resilience

December 7, 2018

Yesenia Ortiz administra los registros médicos en el Centro Salud Familiar, un centro de salud comunitario de su ciudad natal: Arroyo, Puerto Rico. (Foto de Donnie Hedden para Direct Relief)

Hurricane Maria

Perfiles de Resiliencia

December 7, 2018

Since 2011, Direct Relief and the Life for a Child Program have partnered to ship insulin and supplies to manage Type 1 diabetes to more than 35 countries, including to children like Manuel. He receives supplies to manage his diabetes through his local health center in Bolivia. (Photo by Alejandra Arevalo Castrati for Life for a Child)

Diabetes

In More than 35 Countries, Insulin Reaches Children and Young Adults

December 6, 2018

The Community Health and Social Services Center, or CHASS Center, located in Detroit, Michigan, helps patients manage diabetes in a number of ways. Each Thursday, during the summer, the health center hosts a farmers market so patients have access to fresh food. (Photo by Stephanie Parshall for Direct Relief)

Diabetes

Managing Diabetes Doesn’t Stop at Diagnosis

December 4, 2018

Alex Rodriguez, a young PHD candidate from Canovanas Puerto Rico, works at the Tejas community in Yabucoa, installing solar panels to provide power to the community water pump system. Direct Relief, with support from AbbVie, is working to provide clean water to non-PRASA communities on the island. (Photo by Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo for Direct Relief)

Hurricane Maria

In Puerto Rico, a Champion for Clean Water

November 29, 2018

Rodríguez verifica la presión del agua en un sistema de bomba de agua comunitaria instalado recientemente en Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. (Foto de Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo para Direct Relief)

Hurricane Maria

El Campeón del Agua Limpia en Puerto Rico

November 29, 2018

Direct Relief staff deliver medical aid to the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park on Nov. 26, 2018, in Agoura Hills, California, where the Woolsey Fire ripped through earlier this month. Nearly half of the 215 homes in the Seminole Springs neighborhood burned, and the Upper Ojai Relief group has been assisting with recovery there. Direct Relief delivered protective gear for residents and volunteers, as well as N-95 respiratory masks, Direct Relief Medical Backpacks, and hygiene items for people who remain displaced. (Andrew MacCalla/Direct Relief)

California Wildfires

Operational Update: California Wildfire Response

November 27, 2018

Emergency medical aid arrives at Health ProMed in Vieques, an island 80 miles east of San Juan that was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Maria. (Photo by Bimarian Films for Direct Relief)

#GratefulTuesday: Dedicating This #GivingTuesday to Those Who Give

November 27, 2018

California Wildfires

California Wildfires: Mapping Social Vulnerability

November 24, 2018

California Wildfires

A Church Becomes a Clinic in Fire-Ravaged Butte County

November 21, 2018

Medical aid is delivered to a shelter housing those displaced by the Camp Fire in Northern California on Nov. 14, 2018. (Dan Hovey/Direct Relief)

California Wildfires

Direct Relief Makes $2 Million Available for Wildfire Response

November 20, 2018

Direct Relief supplies arrive in Butte County, CA to assist wildfire relief efforts. (Drew Fletcher/Direct Relief)

California Wildfires

California Wildfire Donation Policy: No Fine Print, Disclaimer, or Qualification

November 16, 2018

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