Shipments Depart for Nepal, India, Iraq, and More Over Past Seven Days [Video]

Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 486 shipments of requested medical aid to 45 U.S. states and territories and 13 countries worldwide.

The shipments contained 4.2 million defined daily doses of medication, including specialty oncology drugs, diabetes management therapies including insulin, rare disease therapies, antibiotics, nutritional products, and ongoing Covid-19 support such as oxygen concentrators, and personal protective equipment, including gowns, gloves, masks and face shields.

Included in shipments that arrived last week were temperature-sensitive therapies for Covid-19 patients. The requested medications arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, at the request of the country’s Ministry of Health, and will be used to treat hospitalized patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 symptoms.

In the U.S., Direct Relief delivered 446 shipments weighing 6,177 lbs and containing 1.1M doses of medications.

Another recent shipment in the U.S. from Direct Relief included more than 14,000 bottles of Pediasure, Similac and …