Since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Direct Relief has provided nearly 200 tons of medical aid ranging from field medic packs to diabetes and cancer medications.
That includes a FedEx humanitarian relief flight with 76 tons of medicines and supplies from Direct Relief that arrived last week in Poland and was distributed throughout four Ukrainian cities.*
Aboard the FedEx Boeing 777 was a 50-bed emergency field hospital donated by the State of California and substantial quantities of trauma and wound care medications, drugs for chronic diseases, oxygen concentrators, and Covid-19 antiviral tablets, among other emergency medicines and supplies.
Supplies on the flight were donated by companies including 3M, AmerisourceBergen, Baxter, Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Inc., Hikma Pharmaceuticals, McKesson, Merck & Co., Inc., Pfizer Inc., TEVA, Unilever, and Viatris, among others.
More than two tons of insulin also arrived in Ukraine last week and over the weekend. The diabetes meds were shipped from Direct Relief’s distribution center in Europe in special cold-chain containers with monitoring equipment inside.
All items were provided at the request of, and approved by, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health and other on-the-ground healthcare providers.
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* Specific aid distribution locations within Ukraine are being withheld for security reasons
