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Father Rick Frechette and staff tend to a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti. (Photo courtesy of St. Luke Foundation)

Health

Direct Relief’s Top Podcasts of 2019

December 26, 2019

Mario Masters Colosseum 2018. (Direct Relief)

Giving Back

Gamers Raised Millions for Charity in 2019: Meet Three Leading the Way

December 25, 2019

UHI Community Care Clinic's Dr. Zafar Qureshi teaches students in Miami. Connecting experienced specialists with health care center providers is at the heart of the MAVEN Project's approach.(Photo courtesy of The MAVEN Project)

Maven Project

Narrowing the Gap Between Vulnerable Patients and Specialty Care

December 24, 2019

A Bumi Sehat midwife tends to a mother who lost her home on the island of Lombok, Indonesia after an earthquake struck in 2018. (Photo courtesy of Bumi Sehat)

Maternal Health

Pregnant Women are Particularly Vulnerable to Disasters

December 23, 2019

Center for Heathy Aging Patient Maria, and Clinical Pharmacist Michael V. Baxter meet for a consultation at Urban Health Plan, Inc. in the Bronx, New York. (Photo by Donnie Hedden for Direct Relief)

New York

An Aging Population Calls for a New Approach to Elder Care

December 20, 2019

Dr. Ikram Haboosh, an obstetrician, performs a surgery at Idlib National Hospital. Dr. Haboosh cares for a population of primarily displaced women and children. (Photo courtesy of the Syrian American Medical Society)

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Birth Amid Bombings: How Syria’s War Punishes Women

December 19, 2019

Disasters, like Cyclone Idai, pictured above in Mozambique in April, 2019, require increased response. Policymakers met in New York last week to strategize how to do just that in the decades to come. (Photo courtesy of Zambezia Health Department)

Humanitarian Crisis

Climate Change and Inequality Take Center Stage at UN Policy Forum

December 18, 2019

Storm-caused damage in Louisiana (Photo: Vernon Parish Sheriff Deputy Ricky Stephens)

Extreme Weather

Winter Storms, Tornadoes Pummel the Southern United States

December 17, 2019

Dr. Jim Hull, Kristi Hull, and Dr. Elizabeth Greig in front of Dr. Hull's mobile bus. (Andrew MacCalla/Direct Relief)

Hurricane Dorian

Chronic Disease, Injuries, and Mental Health Issues: The Bahamas’ Challenging Future

December 16, 2019

Jefferson County's mobile unit, donated by Direct Relief after Hurricane Harvey, is able to deploy to areas of the East Texas community with limited access to health services, and was recently used after a chemical explosion rocked the Port Neches area. (Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Public Health Department)

Texas

After Texas Chemical Plant Explosion, Mobile Unit Responds

December 13, 2019

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

December 12, 2019

The van Dr. Vija Sehgal's team used to go from village to village, offering the measles vaccine to Samoans. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Vija Sehgal)

Measles

On the Frontlines of Samoa’s Measles Epidemic

December 11, 2019

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