Health

Damaged buildings and streets of Beirut pictured here on Oct. 25, 2020, after an explosion in the city's port killed hundreds and injured many more in Aug. 2020. Direct Relief has been supporting medical facilities in the area with requested medications and supplies. (Photo by Francesca Volpi for Direct Relief)

Beirut Explosion

Lebanon Is Experiencing a Surge of Mental Health Disorders – and a Shortage of Medications

October 27, 2021

A health provider at Adama Martha Memorial Community Clinic sees a young patient in this file photo. Direct Relief provided the organization, which provides health care in the Kono district of Sierra Leone, with medical aid recently, including essential medications, PPE and prenatal vitamins. (Photo courtesy of Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center)

Covid-19

Operational Update: Medical Support for Haiti, 13 Other Countries Shipped Over Past Week

October 26, 2021

Sierra Leone's Honorary Consul Isatu Timbo visits Direct Relief's headquarters on August 14, 2020, as 16 pallets of personal protective gear and emergency medical supplies were prepared for shipment to Sierra Leone in response to Covid-19. (Amarica Rafanelli/Direct Relief)

Health

This Nurse Built a Clinic in the Sierra Leone Village Where She Grew Up. That’s Just the Beginning.

October 25, 2021

Smoky skies above the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during an outbreak of wildfires in September 2020. (Kaitlyn Frysztak/Direct Relief)

California Wildfires

Wildfires Are Causing More Bad Air Days. Is the Pollution Putting Californians at Higher Risk for Disease?

October 22, 2021

Association des Diabétiques du Congo hosts an annual summer camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, for young people living with diabetes. The camp teaches youth how to manage diabetes with medication, nutrition, exercise and self-care. (Photo courtesy of Association des Diabétiques du Congo)

Diabetes

In DRC, a Local NGO Fights Diabetes Amid Natural Disasters, Civil Conflict

October 21, 2021

Refrigerated medications bound for countries across the globe are stored in one of Direct Relief's cold rooms at the organization's distribution facility in Santa Barbara, California, on Sept. 29, 2021. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Cold Chain

Direct Relief Triples Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Capacity as Global Demand Surges

October 20, 2021

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