354 Shipments Depart for 10 Countries Over Past Week

Oxygen concentrators from Direct Relief were loaded into helicopters for remote communities in the Himalayas. Aug. 2021. (Mountain Heart Nepal photo)
By Lara Cooper

Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 354 shipments of requested medical aid to 34 U.S. states and territories and nine countries worldwide.

The shipments contained 559,310 defined daily doses of medication, including medications for patients recovering from Covid-19, diabetes management therapies, rare disease therapies, behavioral health medications, anti-clotting prescriptions, oxygen concentrators, personal protective equipment, including gowns, gloves, masks and face shields.

Included in this week’s activity was Direct Relief chartered-flight to Indonesia containing $50 million worth of therapies to treat Covid-19 patients, oxygen concentrators, and PPE.

Medical aid from Direct Relief arrives in Indonesia on August 13, 2021, in response to the country’s effort to stem the Covid-19 pandemic. (Courtesy photo)

In the U.S., Direct Relief delivered 314 shipments weighing 10,884 pounds and containing 248,130 doses of medications.

Recipients included:

• Hospital General de Castañer, Inc. – Puerto Rico
• CCI Health & Wellness Services – Maryland
• Clarkston Community Health Center, Inc. – Georgia
• Neighborhood Health Clinic – Florida
• Shingletown Medical Center – California
• Agape Clinic – Texas
• Shifa Free Clinic – South Carolina
• Greater Killeen Free Clinic – Texas
• Community Care Center – North Carolina
• Family Health Clinic of Wolcott – Indiana

Medical staff from El Salvador-based NGO FUSAL conduct a home visit with a pediatric patient earlier this year. The group received medical support, including personal protective equipment, from Direct Relief over the past seven days. (FUSAL photo)

Globally, Direct Relief this week shipped more than 311,180 defined daily doses of medication totaling 258,637 pounds. Countries receiving medical aid over the past week included:

 

Since January 1, 2021, Direct Relief has delivered 14.8K shipments to 2,142 partner organizations in 55 U.S. states and territories and 91 countries. These shipments contained 173.2M defined daily doses of medication valued at $1.4B (wholesale) and totaled 6.4M pounds.

Respiratory medications, masks, oxygen concentrators, Emergency Medical Backpacks and more requested medical aid is prepped at Direct Relief’s headquarters for shipment to health facilities in Northern California currently experiencing wildfires in the area, including Shingletown Medical Center, which has been impacted by harsh smoke and is preparing to treat firefighters and community members if needed. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Direct Relief has also supported the following organizations this year with more than $35.1 million in grants:

A Promise To HELP
Advance Community Health
AHA Centre
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Pacific University
Albany Area Primary Health Care
Alcorn State University Family Clinic
Alemtsehay Breast Cancer Foundation Inc.
Alliance for Medical Outreach & Relief
AltaMed Health Services Corporation
AltaPointe Health Systems
Amistad Community Health Center
Ammonoosuc Community Health Services
Ampla Health Del Norte Clinics
Amref Health Africa
Anera HQ
Angel Wings International
Anson Regional Medical Services
Anthony L Jordan Health Corporation
Arcoiris
Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers
Arroyo Vista Family Health Center
Asian American Health Coalition dba HOPE Clinic
Asian Health Services
Asian Human Services Family Health Center
Asociación de Salud Comunitaria de las Islas de la Bahía
Asociacion de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico
Asociacion Mexicana de Diabetes en la Ciudad de Mexico
Asociación Puertorriqueña de Diabetes
Asociación Vida Perú
Association des Diabétiques du Congo (ADIC)
Association Malgache contre le Diabète A.MA.DIA
Australian Childhood Foundation
B.P Eye Foundation
Banyan Community Health Center
Barrio Comprehensive Family Health Care
Batey Relief Alliance (BRA)
Baylor College of Medicine- Children’s Foundation Malawi
Bayou Clinic
Beebe Memorial CME Cathedral
Big Bethel
Bond Community Health Center YouRx Pharmacy @ BondCHC
Borinquen Health Care Center
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
Bronx Community Health Network
Broward Community & Family Health Center
Brownsville Multi-Service
Butte County Public Health Department
Cactus Health Services
Camuy Health Services
Care for the Homeless
Care Resource
CareMessage
Caring Health Center
CCBRT Disability Hospital
CCI – Silver Spring
Central Florida Family Health Center – True Health
Centro de Salud Familiar Dr. Julio Palmieri Ferri
Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe
Centro de Servicios Primarios de Salud
Centro de Servicios Primarios de Salud de Patillas
Centro para los Adolescentes de San Miguel de Allende
Chapman University
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center Inc.
Charles River Community Health
Charter Oak Health Center
Cherokee Health Systems Knoxville
Chicago Family Health Center
Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition
Children in Trouble
Christian Chapel Temple of Faith
Clinicas Del Camino Real
Clinton Health Access InItitiative Nigeria
Coal Country Community Health Center
Codman Square Health Center
Colorado Coalition For The Homeless
Columbia Valley Community Health
Commonsense Childbirth
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Community Health and Social Services Center – CHASS
Community Health Assn. of Spokane CHAS Administration Office
Community Health Care
Community Health Care Association of New York State
Community Health Center Association of Mississippi
Community Health Center of Buffalo
Community Health Center of Richmond
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas
Community Health Centers
Community Health Centers of Pinellas
Community Health Centers of The Central Coast
Community Health Clinics dba Terry Reilly Health Services
Community Health Foundation of Puerto Rico
Community Health of South Florida
Community Health Systems
Community Healthcare Network
Community Partners International
Community-University Health Care Center University of Minnesota
CommWell Health Administration Office
CompleteCare Health Network
Comunilife
Concilio de Salud Integral de Loiza
Conference of National Black Churches
Consuelo Foundation
CORE Response
Cornerstone Care
Corporacion SANOS
COSSMA
Costa Salud Community Health Centers Rincón
Country Doctor Community Health Centers Country Doctor Community Clinic
County of Mono
COVID-19 Africa Action Network for Nurses & Midwives (AAN)
Cowlitz Family Health Center
Crescent Community Health Center
Cultiva La Salud
Cumberland Family Medical Center
Daniel Chapel AMEZ
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital
Delta Health Center
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Dhulikhel Hospital Kathmandu University Hospital
Diabetes Palestine
Dimock Community Health Center
Dirne Health Centers Inc dba Heritage Health
Diversity Health Center
Dot House Health
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Corporation
East Georgia Healthcare
Edna Adan University Hospital
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Eisner Health
El Punto en la Montaña
Elaine Ellis Center of Health
EMERGENCY USA Life Support For Civilian Victims of War
Esperanza Health Centers
Evangel Vesico Vaginal Fistula Center
Fair Haven Community Health Clinic
Family Health Centers
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida
Fenway Community Health Center
Fetter Health Care Network
Finger Lakes Migrant Health Care Project
Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation
First AME
First Choice Health Centers
Florida Association of Community Health Centers
Florida Community Health Centers
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board Tse’Hootsooi’ Medical Center
Foundation of Amazon Sustainability
FoundCare
Fundación Banco Medicamentos y Bienestar
Fundacion Bechara
Fundación Centro Pediátrico de Diabetes
Fundacion De Obras Sociales De San Vicente I.A.P.
Fundacion Fraternidad sin Fronteras IAP
Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald de Puerto Rico
Fundación Solidaria del Divino Niño Jesús
Fundacion Stefano Steenbakkers Betancourt Corp.
Gift of the Givers Foundation
Golden Valley Health Centers
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
Groundswell UK
Gynocare Women’s & Fistula Hospital
Harbor Health Services
Harbor Homes
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
Healing Hands Ministries
Health Access for All Inc. dba Angeles Community Health Center
Health Alliance International
Health Bridges International
Health Equity International
Health Futures Foundation Inc.
Health Net
Health Partners of Western Ohio
Health ProMed Foundation
Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida Collier Health Services
HealthInova
HealthLinc
HealthPoint
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii
Heart of Florida Health Center Administration
Heart of God Care Centre
Heart of Texas Community Health Center
Heartland Health Centers
HIV/AIDS Alliance for Region Two dba Open Health Care Clinic
Hogar Albergue Para Niños Jesús de Nazaret
Holyoke Health Center
HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of Bangladesh
Horizon Health Care
Hospital Comunitario Buen Samaritano
Hospital General de Castañer
Hudson Headwaters Health Network
Hudson River HealthCare
Icna Relief USA Programs Inc dba Shifa Free Clinic
Innis Community Health Center
Integrate Health
Interfaith Clinic
International Community Health Services
J.C. Lewis Health Care Center
Jefferson Comprehensive Health Center
Jericho Road Community Health Center
Jessie Trice Community Health
JF Kapnek Trust Zimbabwe
Johns Hopkins University
Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil
JWCH Institute
Kathmandu Model Hospital/ Public Health Concern Trust-NEPAL
Kintegra Family Medicine – Hudson
La Familia Counseling Center
La Maestra Community Health Centers
Lamprey Health Care
Latino Policy Forum
Lifelong Medical Care Administration
Lincoln Community Health Center Incorporated
Locally Haiti
Lwala Community Alliance
Lynn Community Health
Macedonia Baptist Church
Maple City Health Care Center
Marillac Community Health Centers
Marshall Islands Ministry of Health and Human Services
Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
MCR Health
Med Centro
Medical Associates Plus
Medical Genetics Department Faculty of Medicine
Mendocino Community Health Clinic Inc. Hillside Health Center
Meridian Educational Resource Group dba Whitefoord Inc.
Metro Community Provider Network
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
Miami Beach Community Health Center
Miami Rescue Mission Clinic
Midwives for Haiti
Migrant Health Center Western Region
Minnesota Community Care
Moreno Valley Family Health Center Community Health Systems
Moses Lake Community Health Center
Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation
Mountain Heart Nepal
Mountain Park Health Center
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Murshid Hospital and Health Care Centre
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
National Black Church Initiative
National Black Nurses Association
Native Action Inc.
NC MedAssist
Neighborhood Health
Neighborhood Health Center of WNY
Neighborhood Healthcare Administration
Neighborhood Medical Center
NeoMed Center
Nevada Health Centers Carson City Administration
NEW Health Programs Association
New Venture Fund
Newark Community Health Centers
Nia Tero
NonProfit Village
North Country Family Health Center
North East Medical Services
North Florida Medical Centers
North Hudson Community Action Corporation – Administration
Northeast Community Clinic
Northeast Florida Health Services Family Health Source
Northeast Valley Health Corporation Corporate Office
Omni Family Health
OneWorld Community Health Center
Onkwehon:we Midwives Collective
Open Door Family Medical Centers Inc.
Opportunities Industrialization Center
Optimus Health Care
Outer Cape Health Services
Oxnard Firefighters Foundation
Palms Medical Group
Pancare of Florida
ParkTree Community Health Center
Partnership Health Center
Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS)
Patronato Pro Hospital Civil de Tijuana
Peninsula Community Health Services
People to People Aid Corporation
PERC
Person Family Medical Center
Piedmont Health Services
Ponce Medical School Foundation Inc
Por Los Nuestros
Premier Community HealthCare Administrative Office
Primary Care Medical Services of Poinciana
Primary Health Care
Primary Healthcare Centers of Dade
Project Health
PryMed Medical Care
Public Health Management Corporation
Public Health Seattle & King County
Puerto Rico Primary Health Assoc-DO NOT
QueensCare Health Centers
Rahmawati Husein
Richford Health Center
Rio Beni Health Foundation
Roots Community Health Center
Rotary Action Group for Family Safety
Rural Health Group
Ruth Paz Foundation
SAC Health System
Salud Integral en la Montaña
Salud Para La Gente
Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation (SAHF)
San Ysidro Health Center
Santa Barbara County Fire Dept
Santa Barbara Education Foundation
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics Eastside Neighborhood Clinic
Santa Rosa Community Health Centers Brookwood Health Center
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Self Employed Women’s Association
Self-Help for the Elderly
Settlement Health & Medical Services
Shalom Health Care Center
Shanti Foundation
Share Our Selves Community Health Center
Shepherd`s Hope
Shepherd’s Hope Medical Center
Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital
Sinergias Alianzas Estratégicas Para La Salud y el Desarrollo Social
Solar Responder
Solukhumbu Polytechnical Academy
South Boston Community Health Center
South Central Family Health Center
South Cove Community Health Center
Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative Pharmacy
Southwest Community Health Center
Spectra Health
Spring Branch Community Health Center
St. John’s Well Child and Family Centers
St. Luke Foundation for Haiti
St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor
St. Thomas Community Health Center
Summit Community Care Clinic
Sun Life Family Health Center
Suncoast Community Health Centers Administrative Offices
Sunrise Community Health
Sunset Park Family Health Center at NYU Langone
Susquehanna Community Health & Dental Clinic
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation
Tampa Family Health Centers
Terre des Hommes Hellas
Tewa Women United
The Beacon of Downtown Houston
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
The Brigham and Women’s Hospital
The Center for Family and Child Enrichment
The Concilio
The Family Health Centers of Georgia Inc.
The Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
The Floating Hospital
The Healing Kadi Foundation/ Covenant Presbyterian Church
The Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County
The Institute for Family Health
The MAVEN Project
The Navajo Nation
The Regents of the University of Colorado
Thunder Bay Community Health Service
Tree Of Life Healthcare
Triangle Area Network
Tri-Cities Community Health
Tri-City Health Center
Trident Ministries International
Tumaini La Maisha Tanzania
Turner House Clinic DBA Vibrant Health
Uganda Cancer Institute
UMMA Community Clinic
UN Women
UNC Project Tidziwe Research and Care Centre
United Way Bengaluru
Unity Health Care
Universal Community Health Center
University of KwaZulu Natal
Upham’s Corner Health Center
Urban Health Plan
Valley Wide Health Systems
Via Care Community Health Center
Village Reach
Vista Community Clinic
Volunteers in Medicine
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island
Westside Family Healthcare
Whitney M. Young
Whittier Street Health Center
Wildflowers Institute
William F. Ryan Community Health Center
Willing Helpers Medical Inc.
Winston-Salem State University
World Heart Federation
World Vision Angola
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Yayasan Bumi Sehat
Yemen Aid Inc.

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