Emergency Response to U.S. Storms, Ongoing Support Shipped Over Past Week

Shipments depart from Direct Relief's warehouse on March 30, 2021. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)

By Lara Cooper

April 2, 2021

Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 509 shipments of requested medical aid to 47 U.S. states and territories and 16 countries worldwide.

The shipments contained 1.2 million defined daily doses of medications, including rare disease therapies, cancer treatments, insulin, antibiotics, and other essential medications; respiratory therapies; as well as medical supplies for Covid-19 response efforts, including personal protective equipment.

This medical aid included shipments departing for storm-impacted communities in the United States.

In the U.S., Direct Relief delivered 488 shipments weighing 22,961 pounds and containing 849,559 doses of medications.

The largest U.S. shipments by value (wholesale) went to the following organizations:

The Health Hut – Ruston, Louisiana ($131.9K)
Shifa Free Clinic – Mount Pleasant, South Carolina ($118.4K)
Washington State Department of Health – ($115.7K)
Agape Clinic – Dallas, Texas ($109.7K)
Community Health of East Tennessee – LaFollette, Tennessee ($107.4K)
Community Care Center for Forysth County – Winston Salem, North Carolina ($105.5K)
New Song Health Center – Bolingbrook, Illinois ($104.7K)
Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition – Roanoke, Virginia ($96.1K)
Phoenix Allies for Community Health – Phoenix, Arizona ($88.9K)
Open Door Health Center – Homestead, Florida ($88.5K)

Thousands of people were vaccinated against Covid-19 at the San Juan Convention Center in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The initiative was a joint effort between Direct Relief and the nonprofit VOCES, which coordinates vaccination efforts across the island. Direct Relief has been supporting vaccination efforts with grant funding as well as medical needs, like PPE and protective gear for health staff, in addition to boosting refrigeration capacity across the island for vaccine storage. (Ivonne Rodriguez/Direct Relief)

Globally, Direct Relief shipped more than 1.4 million defined daily doses of medication totaling 41,664 pounds.

The following organizations received supplies:

Asociacion Creciendo con Diabetes – Guatemala ($1.2M)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences – New Delhi, India ($896.8M)
Wellness Clinic of New Hope Center – Democratic Republic of Congo ($891K)
Fondation Hatienne de Diabetes – Haiti ($820.5 K)
FUSAL – El Salvador ($701.7K)
SAT Hospital Medical College – India ($326.1K)
Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health – India ($317.4K)
St. Boniface Haiti Foundation – Haiti ($280.5K)
Charity Fund Modern Village and Town – Ukraine ($266.8K)
Tata Medical Center – India ($224.3K)

Direct Relief, working with the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BIRMEX, and the Nicaragua Ministry of Health (MINSA), transported 650,000 polio vaccine doses to Nicaragua this week to bolster the nation’s child vaccination efforts. (BIRMEX photo)

Since January 1, 2021, Direct Relief has delivered 5,906 shipments to 1,420 partner organizations in 52 U.S. states and territories and 63 countries.

These shipments contained 62.6 million defined daily doses of medication valued at $289.9 million (wholesale) and totaling 2.4 million lbs. (1,200 tons).

Direct Relief has also supported the following organizations this year with grants:

Ain Shams University Hospital
AHA Centre
Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers
Atlantic Medical Center Sabana Hoyos
Alliance for Medical Outreach and Relief
Anera
Asociacion de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico
Atlantic Medical Center
Australian Childhood Foundation
Baylor College of Medicine – Children’s Foundation Malawi
Bayou Clinic
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
Butte County Public Health Department
CAF-Africa
Camuy Health Services, Inc.
Centro de Salud Familiar Dr. Julio Palmieri Ferri, Inc.
Centro de Servicios Primarios de Salud
Centros Integrados de Servicios de Salud
Children in Trouble
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Community Health Center Association of Mississippi
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast
Community University Health Care Center, University of Minnesota
Concilio de Salud Integral de Loiza, Inc
Corporación de Servicios Médicos Primarios y Prevención de Hatillo, Inc.
Corporación SANOS, Inc.
COSSMA, Inc.
Edna Adan University Hospital
Florida Association of Community Health Centers
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital
Foundation for Puerto Rico
Foundation of Amazon Sustainability
Gift of the Givers
Global Health Access Program (GHAP)
Groundswell UK
Gynocare Women’s and Fistula Hospital in Kenya
Health Alliance International
Health Equity International (Haiti)
Health Net, Inc
Heart of God Care Centre
HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of Bangladesh, Inc.
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Midwives for Haiti
National Association of Community Health Centers
National Black Church Initiative
National Black Nurses Association
NC MedAssist
NeoMed Center, Inc.
Northeast Valley Health
Oxnard Firefighters Foundation, Inc
Rio Beni Health Foundation
Salud Integral en la Montaña, Inc.
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
Santa Rosa Community Health Centers
Solar Responders
Syrian American Medical Society
The Navajo Nation
Uganda Cancer Institute
Oxnard Firefighters Foundation, Inc
University of KwaZulu Natal
Yayasan Bumi Sehat
Yemen Aid