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Dr. Elikem Amable-Brumfield works with a prenatal patients at Birth Detroit's independent birth center.

Maternal Health

“We Are the Women We Serve”: Inside Birth Detroit’s Mission to Support Maternal Care

DETROIT — At a new clinical health site on the city’s northwest side, clients are greeted with love and kindness in a serene space, one where birthing women are surrounded by a ...

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North Carolina

What It Takes to Get Free Medicine to Patients

In North Carolina, some patients face an amputation before learning that the insulin they needed could have arrived in the mail for free, said Brenda Vass, chief executive of NC MedAssist. ...

Operational Update

Monitoring Flooding in the Southwest, Supporting Maternal Care in Nigeria, First Responders in Lebanon, and More

Over the past week, Direct Relief sent 421 shipments of requested medical aid, containing 11.4 million defined daily doses of medication, to organizations across 44 U.S. states and ...