Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 484 shipments of requested medical aid to 42 U.S. states and territories and 27 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 9.8 million defined daily doses of medication.

Medications and supplies shipped this week included rare disease treatments, cancer therapies, fistula repair kits, cold-chain equipment, and emergency medical backpacks.

Major Shipments of Medical Aid Depart for Nepal Following Flash Floods

A 47-pallet shipment of medical aid — 14 tons in total — departs Direct Relief to Nepal on September 2, 2026, to support health services following the country’s devastating flash floods. The shipment includes antibiotics, IV fluids, insulin and other chronic disease supplies, wound care kits, and hygiene and sanitation supplies, and will be received by local partner Mountain Heart Nepal.…