Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 340 shipments of requested medical aid to 31 U.S. states and territories and 17 countries worldwide, including Ukraine.

The shipments contained 17.9 million defined daily doses of medication, including Covid-19 therapies, diabetes medication, cancer treatments, as well as 30 tons of medical aid for Ukraine in response to calls for support from the country’s Ministry of Health.

The shipments to Ukraine contained IV fluids, PPE, insulin syringes, sutures, field medic packs with requested items for triage care during mass casualty events.

On Friday, Direct Relief routed a donation of cancer treatment therapies, chronic disease medications, and other requested medication within Europe to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. The organization continues to direct medical inventories in Europe to the conflict zone.

Since the conflict began in late February, Direct Relief has shipped more than $10 million in medical aid to Ukraine. Deliveries include Covid-19 therapies, essential medications to manage chronic diseases, oxygen concentrators, inhalers, field medic backpacks with triage care items, including combat-application tourniquets and wound care supplies.

Since last year, Direct Relief has shipped more than 55 tons of requested medications worth $37.9 million, including monoclonal antibody treatments for patients with Covid-19.

The organization is also focusing on mobilizing cold-chain medications, including insulin, for people managing diabetes in Ukraine and meeting the health needs of displaced people. More than 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine, according to data from UNHCR.

In the News

• Wall Street Journal: Aid Groups Rush Supplies to Ukraine as Medicines Run Low
• The Guardian: How Americans Can Help the People of Ukraine
• Associated Press: How to help Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion
• Medscape: Ukrainian Diabetes Care, Insulin Access’ Severely Disrupted‘
• CNBC: Here’s a list of the top-rated charities to help the Ukraine relief effort
• Charity Watch: Direct Relief Gives CharityWatch Specifics About Its Humanitarian Efforts For Ukrainians
• Fresno Bee: Nine Highly Rated Charities Where You Can Safely Donate to Help Ukraine
• Santa Barbara Independent: Direct Relief Ships Second Round of Aid to Ukraine
• KEYT: Direct Relief’s shipment of critical medical supplies arrives in Ukraine
• Pacific Coast Business Times: Dubroff: Helping the people of Ukraine is a natural fit for Santa Barbara’s Direct Relief
• KSBY: Local Organization Sends $5 Million of Medical Aid to Ukraine

WORLDWIDE

This week, 3.8 million AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Toluca, Mexico, a donation from the United States Government to the Government of Mexico, with logistics supported by Direct Relief.

The organization has supported the charitable transfer of more than 17 million Covid-19 vaccines over the past nine months between governments in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

This week, outside the U.S., Direct Relief shipped more than 17.6 million defined daily doses of medication totaling 727,763 lbs.

Countries that received medical aid over the past week included:

UNITED STATES

Direct Relief delivered 317 shipments weighing 46,988 lbs and containing 358,444 doses of medications over the past week to organizations, including the following:

YEAR TO DATE

Since January 1, 2022, Direct Relief has delivered 3,684 shipments to 1,185 healthcare organizations in 51 U.S. states and territories and 60 countries.

These shipments contained 71.2 million defined daily doses of medication valued at $325.9 million (wholesale) and weighing 5.8 million lbs.