Eli Lilly

The latest shipment of personal protective equipment, including surgical masks and N95 respirator masks, departs Direct Relief's warehouse Thursday, bound for medical facilities in China. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)

Covid-19

U.S. Private Sector Backing China’s Coronavirus Fight

When Direct Relief receives a donation of insulin, it is stored in the organization’s 2,800-square-foot cold room, which stays between between 36 and 41 degrees Fahrenheit. The room is stacked floor to ceiling with temperature-sensitive medications, like insulin and vaccines, and where that medication is packed into special cold shipping containers that keep temperature consistent until the insulin arrives at the health center, clinic or hospital able to store it and administer to patients. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Disease Prevention

Forging the Links of Cold Chain Medication

Shipments of medicines leave Direct Relief's warehouse bound for health facilities across the United States. Over the past 10 years, Direct Relief has worked with with several companies and nonprofit safety-net healthcare providers across 22 states as an alternative to the traditional patient assistance model. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

United States

“A Treatment is Only as Good as the System That Delivers It”

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

Direct Relief staff packs requested medicines and medical supplies for Advance Community Health, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Caroline Vance/Direct Relief)

Hurricane Florence

Direct Relief Makes Available $100 Million in Medicine

Hurricane Preparedness Packs are built inside Direct Relief's warehouse. The packs contain essential medicines and supplies and are prepositioned in hurricane and typhoon-prone areas around the world. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Hurricanes

Medical Aid Prepositioned as Hurricane Florence Approaches East Coast

Insulin, donated by Eli Lilly, pictured inside Direct Relief's temperature controlled cold room. A recent donation from Eli Lilly will allow Direct Relief to ship a regular supply of insulin to nearly 30 clinics across the United States. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Diabetes

Managing Diabetes, Across the U.S. and Around the World

A shipment of critical insulin for the Syrian American Medical Society is staged for pickup in temperature-controlled packaging at Direct Relief’s warehouse in California on April 17, 2018. (Martin Calderon/Direct Relief)

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Insulin Reaches Syrian Children with Diabetes

79,365 lbs of medications, nutritionals and medical supplies from Direct Relief arrive at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan. (Photo: Lara Cooper)

Hurricane Maria

Direct Relief Airlifts 79,365 lbs of Emergency Medical Aid to Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria

Insulin Reaches Clinics, Patients Navigating Post-Storm Life

Access to clean water remains a significant obstacle in post-Matthew Haiti.

Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew: The Response Continues

Direct Relief Commits $250,000 for Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery Efforts

Show More Stories

The Latest

A medical team at the San Lucas Hospital in Ponce, Puerto Rico works on a patient. The health worker at the patient's head wears a Powered Air Purifying Respirator. ( Photo courtesy of Dr. Carlos García Goubern)

Covid-19

Protecting Health Workers on Puerto Rico’s Covid-19 Frontlines

Direct Relief supplies are loaded onto a plane for transport to Oregon on September 19, 2020. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Wildfires

For Oregon’s Displaced, Wildfires are Just the Beginning

Tropical Storm Beta churns off the Gulf Coast as it steadily approaches the central Texas coast. The storm is predicted to make landfall Monday night bringing up to 15 inches of rain in some places. (Photo courtesy of NOAA)

Extreme Weather

Tropical Storm Beta Churns Off U.S. Gulf Coast, Deluging Texas and Louisiana

Direct Relief staff load shipments, including emergency medicines and supplies bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, into a FedEx vehicle Tuesday. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief photo)

Contact Us

Donate Products or Services

More Ways to Give