Direct Relief USA, founded in 1948, is a nonsectarian organization providing medical donations and assistance, distributing $300 million in 2010 across 71 countries, including $49 million in the U.S. It focuses on maternal and child health, disease prevention, and strengthening health systems, aiming to enhance access to care for the uninsured and underserved populations. The organization has a network of over 1,000 clinics nationwide and has been pivotal in emergency responses, especially after disasters like Hurricane Katrina.

1. STRENGTHENING THE
HEALTHCARE SAFETY-NET
Damon Taugher
Director, Direct Relief USA
www.directrelief.org/usa

2. • Founded in 1948 TO PROVIDE DONATIONS of medicine & medical supplies
• Nonsectarian, apolitical, privately funded
• In 2010, distributed $300 MILLION in assistance in 71 countries, $49 million
in the United States

3. 1 IN 8 BABIES DIE IN INFANCY EVERY YEAR.
NEARLY 4,000 SOMALI WOMEN DIE IN CHILDBIRTH
Edna became the first woman in
her country to:
• Attend high school
• Drive
• Attend nursing school
• Work for the Word Health
Organization
With her life savings she opened a EDNA ADAN, SOMALILAND
hospital and in eight years, it has
treated more over 68,000 patients
and has delivered over 9,600 safe
births

4. • Direct Relief WORKS IN 72
COUNTRIES in Africa, Latin America,
Asia, and United States
• Our focus is on MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH, DISEASE PREVENTION & TREATMENT,
HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
• Providers range from LARGE URBAN
HOSPITALS to SMALL RURAL CLINICS
• Webinar Dec. 14th at 10AM for more
information.

5. • More than 50 MILLION PEOPLE are
without health insurance
• MORE THAN 25% of Americans under
age 65 did not fill a prescription due
to cost
• Poor health and poverty are closely
related
• “Healthcare Safety Net” – emergency
rooms, government public health
clinics, and nonprofit COMMUNITY
CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS

6. AUGUST 2005 HURRICANE KATRINA

7. WE ASKED:
• What is needed?
• Can we help?
• Where would it be sent?
Direct Relief ‘s 2ND LARGEST RELIEF
EFFORT.
More than $50 MILLION IN MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE to hundreds of
providers

8. • CREATE A NETWORK for any clinic and any company
• 10,000 CLINICS nationwide
• 18 million patients
• 38% have no insurance
• 92% earned an income less than $21,660

9. 1. Address the unmet need for
medicine
2. Grow and strengthen the
network
3. Enhance emergency
preparedness and response
4. Understand the medically
underserved

10. SAFETY NET SUPPORT - Increasing Access to Medication for underserved
People
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE - Building the Capacity of
Responders in Times of Crisis

11. • Ongoing donations to over 1,000 CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS
nationwide
• Nationwide PROGRAMS SUPPORT UNINSURED, AT-RISK PATIENTS WITH
DIABETES, ASTHMA, AND INFLUENZA.

12. You can only DO IN EMERGENCIES, WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
Direct Relief is the ONLY LICENSED NONPROFIT TO DISTRIBUTE MEDICINE IN
ALL 50 STATES
NATIONAL NETWORK of partners that care for at-risk patients
DEEP EXPERIENCE WITH RESPONSE in the most regulated industry
Key relationships with STATE AND NATIONAL RESPONDERS

13. Only nonprofit program that distributes medicine to all 50 states
1,000+ clinics and health centers nationwide
$250 million in donated medicine and medical supplies
Participation of 100 MEDICAL/PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
More than $5 MILLION IN TARGETED CASH GRANTS

14. DAMON TAUGHER, DIRECTOR, DIRECT RELIEF USA
Telephone: (805) 964-4767
dtaugher@directrelief.org
www.directrelief.org/usa
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