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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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Health providers are integrating mental health services and chronic disease care to help patients better manage their medical conditions. (iStock image)

Disease Prevention

Chronic Disease and Mental Health are Linked. But How?

Participants embrace after a group session at Puerto Rico's Center for Mind-Body Medicine. The Center said people close, lasting bonds from sharing their personal stories and experiences. (Courtesy photo)

Health

Global Update: Volcanic Eruption; Overdose-Reversing Medication; Global Grants

Los Puertorriqueños participan en una sesión de yoga. El yoga básico es una de las técnicas centrales que
El centro enseña.(Foto cortesía del Centro de Medicina de la Mente y el Cuerpo)

Hurricane Maria

“Momentos de Calma”. En Puerto Rico, Desarrollando las Habilidades Emocionales para Hacer Frente al Desastre.

Essential medicines are packed before shipment to hurricane prone-communities in the United States, which are facing a high activity storm season, on top of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Health centers and free clinics across the U.S. are working to continue services even as challenges remain. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

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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

Disease Prevention

Chronic Disease and Mental Health are Linked. But How?

Health

Global Update: Volcanic Eruption; Overdose-Reversing Medication; Global Grants

Hurricane Maria

“Momentos de Calma”. En Puerto Rico, Desarrollando las Habilidades Emocionales para Hacer Frente al Desastre.

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