South America

Staff of the Ecuadorian custom facilities disinfecting the donated shipment from Direct Relief, which arrived to the county on June 4, 2020 to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 emergency in Ecuador. (Isadora Romero for Direct Relief)

Ecuador

Covid-19 in Ecuador: An Exclusive Q&A with Ecuador’s Ambassador to the U.S.

A 8.8-ton Direct Relief shipment arrives in Quito, Ecuador, on June 4, 2020. The shipment contained ICU kits, filled with essential medicines to treat Covid-19 complications, as well as oxygen concentrators, protective gear and other requested medical items for health facilities in the country. (Photo by Isadora Romero for Direct Relief)

Covid-19

Direct Relief Expands Support to Dozens of Countries Fighting Covid-19

Medical supplies are staged in Direct Relief's California warehouse for delivery to Ecuador in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: Tony Morain/Direct Relief)

Covid-19

Covid-19 Supplies Deployed to Ecuador as Cases Rise Throughout the Americas

Health workers took heroic measures to protect people from overdoses in 2019, whether in Virginia or Puerto Rico. Above, Dr. Chaco Vargas hugs a patient in Puerto Rico while doing outreach earlier this year to those in recovery from opioid addiction. (Bimarian Films)

Giving Back

ICYMI: Good Things Happened in 2019

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

A fire burns in the Brazilian Amazon earlier this summer, and the blazes have continued in the region, raising concerns about long-term health issues. (Photo by Pedro Paulo Xerente for the Fundação Nacional do Índio)

Wildfires

For People in the Amazon, Long-Term Health Risks Loom

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Powered air-purifying respirators, or PAPRS, are prepared for shipment from Direct Relief's warehouse to health providers on the frontlines of Covid-19. The respirators provide health providers with a safe air supply for long stretches of time. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Covid-19

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A dam in the city of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. (Photo courtesy of the City of Trujillo Alto)

Extreme Weather

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