As California Wildfires Blaze, Direct Relief Dispatches Medical Aid to Impacted Communities

In the past week, Direct Relief delivered 441 shipments of requested medical aid to 42 U.S. states and territories and 15 countries worldwide. Included is support for communities in California impacted by wildfires, as well as health facilities in the Caribbean and Texas affected by Hurricane Beryl.

These shipments contained 11 million defined daily doses of medication and supplies, including insulin, rare disease therapies, oncology medications, field medic packs for first responders, and more.

Responding to California's Largest Wildfire

A week into the response, first responders continue to battle California's largest wildfire. The Park Fire spans across four counties in Northern California: Butte, Plumas, Shasta, and Tehama Counties. The fire has spread to almost 400,000 acres and was 24 percent contained on Friday. Residents in the area have received alerts to evacuate their homes.

Direct Relief-supported organizations in the affected areas include the Butte County Public Health Department, Shingletown Medical Center, and Ampla Health. This week, Direct Relief staff delivered field medic packs to equip first responders for triage care outside of clinic walls, N95 masks, electrolytes, oral rehydration salts, and personal care items for people displaced from their homes.

$10 Million for Ukraine Response

This week, Direct Relief announced an additional $10 million commitment to further support healthcare services in Ukraine. The funds will be used to address urgent medical and health infrastructure needs like prosthetics and rehabilitation services, resilient power solutions, flexible primary care solutions, access to essential medications, and mental health and psychosocial support.

Since Feb. 2022, Direct Relief has committed over $42 million in financial assistance and 2,480 tons of medical aid valued at $1.3 billion to support health services in Ukraine.

Operational Snapshot

WORLDWIDE

Over the last week, Direct Relief shipped more than 10.9 million defined daily doses of medication to countries outside the U.S. that include the following:

UNITED STATES

Direct Relief delivered 415 shipments containing 139,105 doses of medication during the past seven days to organizations, including the following:

YEAR TO DATE

Since January 1, 2024, Direct Relief has delivered 14,800 shipments to 2,046 partner organizations in 54 U.S. states and territories and 82 countries.

These shipments contained 270.9 million defined daily doses of medication valued at $884.3 million (wholesale) and totaled 3.5 million pounds.

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