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

Bombing and looting force MSF hospital to close in South Sudan

South Sudan, April 29 -- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been forced to permanently close our hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, after it was bombarded on Febr... 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

Direct Relief and the Pfizer Foundation Announce New Grantees in Fifth Year of Infectious Disease Program

Santa Barbara, California, April 28 -- Direct Relief and The Pfizer Foundation today announced the third cohort of the Innovation Awards in Community Health, supporting infectious disease prevention a... 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

"Everyone is heartbroken" in southern Lebanon

Lebanon, April 27 -- Traffic moves slowly toward the south of Lebanon as displaced residents make their way home. Many are headed to the coastal city of Sour/Tyre, a UNESCO World Heritage site known f... 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

Medical Aid Expedited after Oklahoma Tornado, and More

Santa Barbara, California, April 24 -- A tornado struck the southeastern end of Enid, Oklahoma, on the evening of April 23, damaging at least 40 homes and causing minor injuries. No fatalities have be... Read More

Georgia and Florida Wildfires: 87 Homes Destroyed as Extreme Drought Fuels Massive Blazes

Santa Barbara, California, April 24 -- The driest conditions in a decade have spawned wildfires across parts of Georgia and Florida, destroying at least 87 homes and forcing thousands to evacuate. Mu... Read More

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