Shipments Depart to Support U.S. Street Medicine, Masks for Mexico

Staff from Care Beyond the Boulevard use the contents of a Direct Relief field medic pack to provide street medicine. (Photo courtesy of Care Beyond the Boulevard)

Staff from Care Beyond the Boulevard uses the contents a Direct Relief emergency medical backpack to provide street medicine. (Photo courtesy of Care Beyond the Boulevard) — Staff from Care Beyond the Boulevard use the contents of a Direct Relief field medic pack to provide street medicine. (Photo courtesy of Care Beyond the Boulevard)

By Maeve Ozimec

December 8, 2023

Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 576 shipments of requested medical aid to 50 U.S. states and territories and 10 countries worldwide.

The shipments contained 15.5 million defined daily doses of medication and supplies, including prenatal vitamins, insulin, rare disease therapies, personal protective equipment, and chronic disease medications.

One of this week’s recipients was Care Beyond the Boulevard, a Kansas City-based organization dedicated to providing medical care to those living without permanent housing.

The group received donated medications and supplies, including insulin, nutritional supplements, and anti-inflammatories.

Care Beyond the Boulevard uses its green bus to provide medical services to people experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, Missouri. The organization received medical aid from Direct Relief this week. (Photo courtesy of Care Beyond the Boulevard)

Additionally, over 4.7 million N95 masks departed Direct Relief’s warehouse this week for the Ministry of Health of Baja California. They will be distributed to multiple groups and government agencies in the region.

OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT

WORLDWIDE

This week, Direct Relief shipped 13.6 million defined daily doses of medication outside the U.S.

Countries that received medical aid over the past week included:

India
Fiji
Bangladesh
Uganda

Mexico
Somaliland
Malawi
Syria

UNITED STATES

Direct Relief delivered 532 shipments containing more than six tons of medications over the past week to organizations, including the following:

Planned Parenthood Keystone, Pennsylvania
Mission Arlington Medical Clinic, Texas
The Neighborhood Christian Clinic, Arizona
Tender Care Community Clinic Inc., California
Open Arms Health Clinic, Texas

Lake County Free Clinic, Ohio
Clinica Esperanza/ Hope Clinic, Rhode Island
Medical Associates Plus, Georgia
Garden of Eden Health Center Corporation, Puerto Rico
Community Health Northwest Florida, Florida

YEAR-TO-DATE (GLOBAL)

Since January 1, 2023, Direct Relief has delivered 20,500 shipments to 2,485 healthcare providers in 55 U.S. states and territories and 88 countries.

These shipments contained 534.2 million defined daily doses of medication valued at $1.9 billion (wholesale), totaling 6.1 million lbs.

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