1.2 Million Doses of Medication Shipped to 10 Countries This Week

A midwife cares for an infant at a hospital in Idlib, Syria, supported by the Syrian American Medical Society, or SAMS. Direct Relief provided requested medical aid to SAMS over the past week. (SAMS photo)
By Staff

Over the past seven business days, Direct Relief has delivered 279 shipments of requested medical aid to 39 U.S. states and territories and 10 countries worldwide.

The shipments contained 1.2 million defined daily doses of medication, including therapies to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients, mental health medications, hemophilia treatment drugs, cancer therapies, insulin, rare disease therapies, antibiotics, prenatal vitamins, and personal protective equipment.

This week’s activity included a 20-pallet shipment of critical medications for Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where a number of patients are being treated from injuries sustained during an oil tanker explosion that occurred earlier this month.

Shipments of critical medical supplies were prepared last week in response to the deadly oil tanker explosion outside of Freetown, Sierra Leone, earlier this month. Sierra Leone’s Honorary Consul Isatu Timbo visited Direct Relief’s headquarters to view the shipment, which departed for Sierra Leone’s main referral hospital, Connaught Hospital. (Maeve O’Connor/Direct Relief)

United States

Direct Relief delivered 268 shipments weighing 4,371 lbs. and containing 488,076 doses of medications over the past week. Among them were:

Pharmacy staff at the Floating Hospital in Long Island City, New York. The Floating Hospital is NYC’s largest healthcare provider to families living in homeless and domestic violence shelters. This week, Direct Relief shipped the organization antibiotics, chronic disease medications, PPE, and nutritionals for toddlers. (Floating Hospital photo)

Worldwide

This week, outside the US, Direct Relief shipped more than 720,240 defined daily doses of medication totaling 12,943 lbs.

Countries that received medical aid over the past week included:

Year to Date

Since January 1, 2021, Direct Relief has delivered 20.6K shipments to 2,341 organizations in 55 US states and territories and 98 countries. These shipments contained 245.7M defined daily doses of medication valued at $1.8B (wholesale) and totaled 8.1M lbs.

Direct Relief has also supported 479 organizations in 45 countries with $59 million in grant funding.

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