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Ukraine
By Lara Cooper
Over the past seven days, Direct Relief delivered 288 shipments containing 64 tons of requested medical aid to the U.S. and 13 countries worldwide, including Ukraine.
The shipments contained 6.5 million defined daily doses of medication, including Covid-19 therapies, diabetes medication, and cancer treatments.
The shipments to Ukraine contained IV fluids, PPE, insulin syringes, sutures, field medic packs with requested items for triage care during mass casualty events.
Since February 24, Direct Relief has provided more than 48 tons of medical aid to the crisis, with more on the way.
All items were provided at the request of, and approved by, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health. Direct Relief’s medical donations have been mobilized from inventories within Ukraine, the organization’s distribution center in the Netherlands, and from emergency airlifts from the United States.
The aid provided requested by Ukraine and provided by Direct Relief includes a wide range of medicine, equipment and supplies, from field medic packs used by first responders providing triage care to oxygen concentrators to critical care medicines used in an ICU setting. Diabetes and hypertension medications, oncology drugs, diabetes supplies, and other urgently needed medications have also been delivered.
Direct Relief is in contact with Ministries of Health throughout the region to assess needs and is sharing information with the U.N., the European Commission, and the World Bank to coordinate relief efforts.
To develop a strategic response to the region’s growing need for insulin and other elements of diabetes care, Direct Relief is working with the International Diabetes Federation, Ukrainian Diabetes Federation, Ukrainian Ministry of Health, Life for a Child, and the World Health Organization’s non-communicable diseases working group.
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Direct Relief is deploying emergency medical aid, from oxygen concentrators to critical care medicines – while preparing longer-term assistance to people in Ukraine displaced or affected by the war.
This week, outside the U.S., Direct Relief shipped more than 5.8 million defined daily doses of medication totaling 63,518 lbs.
Countries that received medical aid over the past week included:
Direct Relief delivered 317 shipments weighing 46,988 lbs and containing 358,444 doses of medications over the past week to organizations, including the following:
Since January 1, 2022, Direct Relief has delivered 3,976 shipments to 1,214 healthcare organizations in 51 U.S. states and territories and 60 countries.
These shipments contained 78.1 million defined daily doses of medication valued at $367 million (wholesale) and weighing 5.9 million lbs.
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