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How funding cuts endanger children's health in Yemen

Yemen, May 1 -- Health facilities are closing in parts of northern Yemen as humanitarian funding shrinks and organizations withdraw from the area, leaving families with fewer options for care. As nea... Read More


Direct Relief Delivers Insulin, Diabetes Care Supplies to Ecuador

Santa Barbara, California, April 30 -- Direct Relief has delivered 52,000 vials of insulin along with more than 2.1 million needles and syringes to Ecuador, supporting ongoing efforts by the country's... Read More


A Mother's Fight to Breastfeed in Lebanon

New York, April 30 -- When Nour gave birth earlier than expected, her baby girl had serious health complications. Suffering from a weak pulse, difficulty breathing, and lung inflammation, the infant w... Read More


Gilead stockholders: Demand Gilead sell HIV prevention drug to those who need it

Access to medicines, April 30 -- As Gilead Sciences' stockholders convene today for the company's annual meeting, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is calling on them to push the ... Read More


Health care remains under attack 10 years after key UN resolution

Afghanistan, April 30 -- On the 10-year anniversary of the United Nations Security Council's adoption of a resolution calling for the protection of medical personnel and facilities in armed conflicts,... Read More


Direct Relief Deploys Emergency Funds, Opens Medical Inventory in Response to Georgia Wildfires

Santa Barbara, California, April 29 -- In response to devastating wildfires in Georgia, Direct Relief today committed $25,000 in emergency financial support and mobilized additional medical aid, inclu... Read More


New Figures on Food Insecurity in Lebanon: 1.24 million people Lack Stable Access to Food Despite the Ceasefire

New York, April 29 -- New data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) released today reveals that 1.24 million people in Lebanon are facing acute food insecurity. These figures s... Read More


Israel must stop using water as a weapon of collective punishment in Gaza

Palestine, April 28 -- Israeli authorities are using access to water as a weapon against Palestinians, including by systematically depriving people in Gaza of water in a campaign of collective punishm... Read More


Displaced people are sheltering under trees in South Sudan

South Sudan, April 28 -- "I have lived through many wars, but this kind of displacement has never happened before," says 77-year-old Moses, who fled his home in Lankien, South Sudan, as conflict inten... Read More


Five ways to reach more people with lifesaving vaccines

Measles, April 27 -- Vaccines save millions of lives every year. They reduce the risks of getting a disease by working with the body's natural defenses to build protection against vaccine-preventable ... Read More