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| Type: |  | Storm | | Affected Area: | | U.S. Gulf States, El Salvador and Nicaragua | | Date: | | November 8, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Bayou Clinic in Bayou La Batre, AL; Bethel Lutheran Medical Clinic in Biloxi, MS; St. Thomas Clinic in New Orleans, LA; FUSAL in El Salvador. | | Overview: | | Category 2 hurricane strikes U.S. Gulf States and Central America. Direct Relief provides more than $3 million (wholesale) in specifically requested medical material aid to partners in the Gulf States, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. |
| Type: | | Flooding | | Affected Area: | | Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh States | | Date: | | October 1, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Sri Sathya Sai | | Overview: | | More than 2.5 million people are displaced during heavy flooding in southern India. Direct Relief provides medical material aid to Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), a longtime partner equipped with a technically sophisticated telemedicine van funded by Direct Relief that provides high-quality care in remote locations. |
| Type: | | Earthquake | | Affected Area: | | Padang, Sumatra Island | | Date: | | September 30, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Muhammadiyah, Yayasan Bumi Sehat, Sumba Foundation, Australian Aid International | | Overview: | | Extensive damage in and around Padang; partners operate free clinics to treat earthquake injured. Direct Relief sends $976,200 in medical aid $60,000 in targeted grants support partners' work. |
| Type: | | Tsunami | | Affected Area: | | American Samoa | | Date: | | September 29, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | American Samoa Department of Health, the National Association of Community Health Centers, the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, the Pacific Islands Primary Care Association | | Overview: | | An 8.0-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific triggers a tsunami on American Samoa, destroying villages and killing 22 people and injuring 50. Direct Relief offers medical aid to support clinics and other facilities caring for those injured in the tsunami. |
| Type: | | Storm | | Affected Area: | | Philippines, Vietnam, Laos | | Date: | | September 26, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Australian Aid International, Kim Long Charity Clinic | | Overview: | | Record rainfall floods Manila in the Philippines and Hue in Vietnam, affecting more than 4 million people. Direct Relief sends medical aid to support clinics caring for the displaced. |
| Type: | | Earthquake | | Affected Area: | | West Java | | Date: | | September 2, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Australian Aid International | | Overview: | | 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of West Java, damaging more than 4,000 homes; emergency medical aid offered to partners working in-country to assist those affected by the earthquake. |
| Type: | | Flooding | | Affected Area: | | Western Kenya | | Date: | | September 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | OGRA Foundation | | Overview: | | Emergency cash grant made to partner OGRA Foundation to help prevent and treat waterborne diseases in people displaced by flooding after heavy rains. |
| Type: | | Flooding | | Affected Area: | | Northern Georgia | | Date: | | September 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Georgia Association of Primary Health Care | | Overview: | | Extreme rainfall causes the Chattooga River to overflow and overtop and levees in Chattooga County, flooding streets and homes. Direct Relief offers medical aid to Georgia Association of Primary Health Care. |
| Type: | | Storm | | Affected Area: | | Gulf of California, Mexico | | Date: | | late August/early September 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Aeromedicos | | Overview: | | Category 4 hurricane hits coastal villages, including Mulege, damaging villages and displacing hundreds. Direct Relief airlifts with Aeromedicos, needed medical aid to supply clinics treating people affected by the hurricane. |
| Type: | | Wildfire | | Affected Area: | | San Gabriel Mountains | | Date: | | August 26, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County, California Primary Care Association | | Overview: | | Air quality becomes a significant health concern as an arson-caused wildfire burns more than 160,000 acres. Direct Relief offers emergency medical aid to clinics in the Los Angeles Area to assist their patients with respiratory conditions. |
| Type: | | Storm | | Affected Area: | | Philippines | | Date: | | August 3-8, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Various | | Overview: | | Severe storm causes widespread flooding, displacing more than 83,000. Direct Relief offers medical material aid support to partners in-country. |
| Type: | | Storm | | Affected Area: | | Bangladesh, West Bengal, India | | Date: | | May 25, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Sri Sathya Sai | | Overview: | | Half a million people displaced during massive flooding caused by the storm. $477,780 in medical aid sent to partners providing care to the displaced. |
| Type: | | Civil Unrest | | Affected Area: | | Sri Lanka | | Date: | | May 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | | | Overview: | | More than 300,000 displaced people return home after the end of a 26-year civil war. Direct Relief delivers $240,000 (wholesale) of medical material aid delivered to support health services for vulnerable people. |
| Type: | | Wildfire | | Affected Area: | | Santa Barbara foothills/Los Padres National Forest | | Date: | | Blaze begins May 5, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept. | | Overview: | | More than 30,500 people evacuated during the height of the fire, including medically fragile people. Aid provided to public and emergency responders in Santa Barbara County, including more than 24,000 N95 particulate respirators distributed and assistance provided in collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department. |
| Type: | | Civil Unrest | | Affected Area: | | North West Frontier Province | | Date: | | April & May 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotic Services, American Refugee Committee, Marafie Foundation | | Overview: | | Prolonged confrontation in the region increases the number of displaced people. $1.5 million in humanitarian medical aid delivered to partners suited to emergency response and treating refugee populations. |
| Type: | | Storm | | Affected Area: | | Arkansas | | Date: | | January 28, 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Boston Mountain Rural Health Centers, Corning Area Healthcare, and St. Francis House. | | Overview: | | Powerful ice storm knocks out power and blocks roads in northern Arkansas; state of emergency is declared in 48 counties. Direct Relief airlifts emergency aid, including personal care packs, valued at more than $44,000. |
| Type: | | Flood & Outbreak | | Affected Area: | | Northern Bolivia | | Date: | | January 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | Rio Beni Health Project | | Overview: | | Unrelenting storms cause flooding along the Beni River and an outbreak of dengue fever. Airlift of more than $76,000 (wholesale) worth of specifically requested medicines including analgesics to fight fever and provide pain relief, as well as antibiotics to treat respiratory diseases that increase during flooding. |
| Type: | | Civil Unrest | | Affected Area: | | West Bank/Gaza | | Date: | | January 2009 | | Local Partner(s): | | American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) | | Overview: | | 5,600 people injured during civil strife in the region. Direct Relief sends six tons of essential medicines, supplies, and durable medical equipment valued at $323,972 (wholesale) for use in clinics and hospitals throughout Gaza as well as facilities supported by ANERA in the West Bank. |
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