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BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - A doctor wearing full protective gear speaks to a patient in the Ebola treatment centre in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The DRC is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. (Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

DRC Ebola Outbreak

Ebola Continues to Spread, Even as Medicine Advances

Maternal Health

Zarway, a Midwife Success Story from Last Mile Health

Culpeper to Copenhagen: A Week in Transatlantic Humanitarian UAV Trainings

Midwife Kit

Last Mile Health: Midwife Kits Reach Twenty Clinics in Liberia

Midwife Kit

A Kit for Every Midwife: International Confederation of Midwives Endorses Midwife Kit as Global Standard

Community Health

A Day in the Life of Community Health Workers

Community Health

A Bold Experiment: 50 Years of Community Health in the U.S.

Theo, a frontline healthworker with Last Mile Health in Konobo, LIberia. Each day Theo and his colleagues travel hours by motorbike on treacherous roads to extend health care to people in Liberia’s most difficult to reach villages.

Community Health

From the Field: Providing Care in Liberia’s Most Remote Villages

Ebola

Ebola Crisis Mapping Lands Direct Relief in Fast Company’s Top 10

West Africa Ebola Outbreak 2014-2015

747 Jets to West Africa as Ebola Response Pivots toward Recovery

Pallets of medical supplies from Direct Relief offloaded at airport

Ebola

First Ebola Treatment Unit for Local Health Workers Arrives in Sierra Leone

Ebola

More Ebola Aid Bound for Liberia and Sierra Leone

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Dr. Chaco Vargas hugs a patient in Puerto Rico while doing outreach earlier this year. Vargas and many other health providers are working to connect those in recovery from opioid addiction with services and resources as many of them continue to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Maria. (Bimarian Films)

Opioid Epidemic

After Hurricane Maria, Connecting Those in Recovery with Care

First responders pose outside of an ambulance in Hodeidah. (Photo courtesy of Yemen Aid)

Yemen Crisis

In War-Torn Yemen, Ambulance Teams See Death – and New Life

Dr. Neide Santos and Dr. Shilpa Jamnadas, medical director of Mascarenhas Hospital in Beira. (Noah Smith/ Direct Relief)

Cyclone Idai

Cyclone Idai Destroyed Their Hospital. They Never Stopped Treating Patients.

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)

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DRC Ebola Outbreak

Ebola Continues to Spread, Even as Medicine Advances

Maternal Health

Zarway, a Midwife Success Story from Last Mile Health

Culpeper to Copenhagen: A Week in Transatlantic Humanitarian UAV Trainings

Midwife Kit

Last Mile Health: Midwife Kits Reach Twenty Clinics in Liberia

Midwife Kit

A Kit for Every Midwife: International Confederation of Midwives Endorses Midwife Kit as Global Standard

Community Health

A Day in the Life of Community Health Workers

Community Health

A Bold Experiment: 50 Years of Community Health in the U.S.

Community Health

From the Field: Providing Care in Liberia’s Most Remote Villages

Ebola

Ebola Crisis Mapping Lands Direct Relief in Fast Company’s Top 10

West Africa Ebola Outbreak 2014-2015

747 Jets to West Africa as Ebola Response Pivots toward Recovery

Ebola

First Ebola Treatment Unit for Local Health Workers Arrives in Sierra Leone

Ebola

More Ebola Aid Bound for Liberia and Sierra Leone

The Latest

Opioid Epidemic

After Hurricane Maria, Connecting Those in Recovery with Care

Yemen Crisis

In War-Torn Yemen, Ambulance Teams See Death – and New Life

Cyclone Idai

Cyclone Idai Destroyed Their Hospital. They Never Stopped Treating Patients.

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