Democratic Republic Of Congo

An Ebola isolation center built with community involvement. (Photo courtesy of Trish Newport)

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Medical aid arrives in the Bahamas in the days following Hurricane Dorian. (Courtesy photo)

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Direct Relief Tops 2019 Charity Lists

Shipments of essential medical aid, including protective equipment, are staged at Direct Relief's warehouse for transport to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the second largest outbreak of Ebola is ongoing. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Ebola

Amid the Ebola Epidemic, Protecting Health Care Workers

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

Shipments of essential medical aid, including protective equipment, are staged at Direct Relief's warehouse on July 17, 2019, for transport to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the second largest outbreak of Ebola is ongoing. The shipment is bound for the country's Ministry of Health, to be used in health facilities across the country, bolstering public health response to the outbreak. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization designated the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

DRC Ebola Outbreak

Protective Gear Bound for Frontlines of DRC Ebola Outbreak

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Members of the Ventura County Medical Reserve Corps work at a tent station during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of the Ventura County Emergency Medical Services Agency)

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Preparing for Disasters in the Age of Covid-19

Staff with Ampla Health Care conduct Covid-19 testing at a drive-through site in Yuba City, California. The site was provided with protective gear from Direct Relief. (Photo by Renée C. Byer/ZUMA Wire)

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Coronavirus Response – Live Story

Direct Relief's Research and Analysis team has mapped countries across the world for Covid-19 vulnerabilty, which includes case detection rates as of May 20, 2020, chronic illness rates, physician density, food insecurity rates, and locations of refugee and internally displaced communities. Countries in darkers shades are at higher risk. (Direct Relief)

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