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Restoring Health and Hope for Women with Fistula in Somalia
Earlier this month, Direct Relief provided a $50,000 grant to support essential obstetric fistula repair surgeries for women who are living with this devastating and debilitating condition in...
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Supplies Treat Rising Number of Cholera Cases in Haiti After Sandy
Medicines and supplies contained in Direct Relief’s pre-positioned hurricane modules in Haiti continue to be in high demand following Hurricane Sandy as partners report increases in patients numbers...
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Aid Continues in Haiti as Cholera Outbreaks Climb
This week, Direct Relief responded to an urgent request for medical supplies to treat patients in Cap Haitian, Haiti’s second largest city of more than 1.5 million people, after severe rains and...
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Supplies Delivered to Six Health Centers in Rural Haiti
Recently, Direct Relief donated a truckload of essential medications and supplies to Haiti Help Med Plus, a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 by Haitian expatriates with the goal of improving the...
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Training Skilled Birth Attendants in Haiti
Coinciding with the three year anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Direct Relief announced a $30,000 grant this week to be used for a year-long training program to enhance the...
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Partner Spotlight: Healing Art Missions
Through Direct Relief’s partnership with Healing Art Missions, more than 15,000 people in Haiti were able to receive primary medical care, access a cholera clinic and eye care center and obtain...
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Midwife Training Course Begins in Haiti
This week in Jacmel, Haiti, a group of 26 Haitian birth attendants and nurses came together to receive a three-day-long training course in safe birthing techniques and the midwifery model of care for...
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Supporting High-Quality Maternity Care in Northern Haiti
Through the help of grants provided by Direct Relief to support the work of Haiti Hospital Appeal, the lives of thousands of mothers and babies have been saved. The UK-based charity provides...
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Notes from the Field: Dominican Republic
On my most recent trip to Haiti to continue Direct Relief’s extensive work supporting more than 115 hospitals and clinics throughout the country, I had the opportunity to cross the border into the...
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Collaborating with Palantir, Team Rubicon to Help Oklahomans in Need
To effectively help people following a disaster like the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, emergency responders need good coordination and comprehensive information. It’s clear that people need...
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Grant Helps Women in Somalia Access Fistula Repair and Regain Dignity
Until recently, women in Somalia suffering from obstetric fistula – a devastating childbirth injury– had no where to turn for help within their own country. In response to the urgent need, Direct...
View ArticleRestoring Sight, Restoring Lives in Haiti
When a membrane developed on Anne Marie Moreau’s right eye, she couldn’t see well enough to continue her small business making and selling beaded bags. With her husband slowly recovering from an...
View ArticleMobilizing Aid for People Affected by Cyclone Phailin
Direct Relief is mobilizing five emergency Cyclone Modules filled with critical medicines and supplies to be shipped to its long-term, trusted partners in India who are caring for people affected by...
View ArticleResponding to the 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake in the Philippines
Direct Relief is working with the Asia America Initiative on an emergency air-freight shipment of medications and medical supplies to treat people affected by last week’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake that...
View ArticlePre-positioned Medicines Give Haitian Girl A Chance at Life
Seven-year-old Lucienne, an orphan in Haiti, is receiving treatment this week for osteomyelitis, a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection of the bone, because of all the people like you who...
View ArticleFrom the Philippines: Emergency Care in Cebu
Two members of our Emergency Response Team are currently traveling in the Philippines, working to assess health needs and assist with Direct Relief’s response on the ground. Below is an update from...
View ArticleFrom the Philippines: Improving Health Care in Island Communities
Emergency Response Manager, Andrew MacCalla, recently returned from a trip to the Philippines to facilitate long-term typhoon recovery efforts. He shares a report from the field below: During our last...
View ArticleMedical Clinics Treat 2,000 Philippines Typhoon Survivors
Emergency Response Manager, Andrew MacCalla, recently returned from a trip to the Philippines to facilitate long-term typhoon recovery efforts. He shares a report from the field below: It was clear...
View ArticleReconstructing Typhoon-Damaged Health Stations in the Philippines
Emergency Response Manager, Andrew MacCalla, recently returned from a trip to the Philippines to facilitate long-term typhoon recovery efforts. He shares a report from the field below: All 16 of the...
View ArticleTraining Health Workers in Remote Philippine Communities
Emergency Response Manager, Andrew MacCalla, recently returned from a trip to the Philippines to facilitate long-term typhoon recovery efforts. He shares a report from the field below: In the...
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