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Direct Relief's delivers a generator and battery to the Free Clinic of Simi Valley. The unit provided the clinic with emergency backup power during the Saddleridge Fire in Oct., 2019.

California Wildfires

Direct Relief Commits $1 Million to Bolster Health Services During California Blackouts and Fires

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

“Without the support of BD and Direct Relief I wouldn’t be able to spend so much time with the patients and provide this type of (collaborative) practice model.”
Lisa Tackett PharmD, a clinical pharmacist at Neighborhood Health in Nashville Tennessee, conducts a consultation with a patient.
A award from BD and Direct Relief has made it possible for Lisa to transition from a traditional retail pharmacists role into a patient interfacing role as clinical pharmacist. PHOTO: DONNIE HEDDEN

Community Health

Community Health Centers Awarded $1.2 Million to Help Vulnerable Patients

Direct Relief and Baxter International Foundation staff tour Erie Family Health Center, one of four health centers in the Chicago area to received the Transformative Innovation Award. (Photo by Melissa Blackmon for Direct Relief)

Community Health

The Baxter International Foundation and Direct Relief Launch Program to Improve Diabetes Care in Underserved Communities

Medical aid reaches Puerto Rico in the weeks following Hurricane Maria, and has continued since. Next week, Direct Relief will disperse the latest round of funding to help health centers and other nonprofits on the island continue recovery efforts. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Announcements

Nearly Two Years After Maria, Philanthropy Still Flows to Puerto Rico

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Power outages continued this month for residents of Northern California. Health facilities in the area have faced challenges for patients depending on power, and suffering health consequences with a lack of it. (Photo by Pok Rie from Pexels)

California Wildfires

For California Health Centers, Access to Power Remains Open Question

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

Direct Relief staff conducted assessments of ongoing needs from earthquake impacted communties in Indonesia earlier this year. Recovery continues for many people who have been out of their homes since last year's disasters occurred. (Photo courtesy of Pepi Perdiansyah)

Indonesia Earthquake 2018

Recovery Continues for Earthquake Impacted Communities in Indonesia

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