Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 284 shipments of requested medical aid to 40 U.S. states and territories and nine countries worldwide.
The shipments contained 12.7 million defined daily doses of medication, including PPE, antibiotics, field medic packs, diabetes management medications and supplies, cancer therapies, personal care products, and more.
Direct Relief Staff Visit Unbroken
Direct Relief staff visited a rehabilitation hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, this week, where rehabilitation services are offered to civilians and military members injured in the war. The Unbroken National Rehabilitation Center is part of the First Medical Union of Lviv, an umbrella association of multi-specialty clinics that has provided care to 80,000 internally displaced persons since the beginning of the war. The programs focus on amputation recovery, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and psychosocial support.
Direct Relief has granted $1 million to Unbroken to procure rehabilitation equipment, develop treatment protocols, and train rehabilitation personnel.
Responding to California Storms
Another atmospheric river system swept over California this week, dumping rain on an already saturated region. …