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Operational Update

Medical Support Departs for 15 Countries

Over the past week, Direct Relief has shipped 289 shipments of requested medical aid to 40 U.S. states and territories and 15 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 2.4 million ...

Afghanistan

After Earthquake in Afghanistan, Direct Relief Commits $50,000 to Response

More than 1,400 people have been killed by an earthquake that reverberated through eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, August 31. The 6.0-magnitude quake also injured more than 3,300 people, ...

Cancer

Strengthening Ghana’s Fight Against Breast Cancer

The woman was wheeled into the hospital on a stretcher, her body frail, her skin stretched tight over bones that had already given way to multiple types of cancer. She was only 41 years ...