Twenty-five Puerto Rican healthcare nonprofits are set to receive a much-needed $8 million cash infusion from Direct Relief, the largest private, nongovernmental provider of health resources to Puerto Rico since Hurricane María. Recipients of the $8 million in grants will be announced Aug. 7, at La Ciudad de la Salud y Bienestar, a Direct Relief-sponsored event […]
With the goal of ensuring that Puerto Rico’s community health centers have the medical resources needed to serve patients in times of disaster, the American Red Cross and DirectRelief have joined forces to distribute 96 pharmaceutical refrigerators islandwide. This project is part of the American Red Cross’ long-term recovery program in Puerto Rico and for […]
Direct Relief, Merck, AT&T, Softbox and Volans-i are testing drone flights and the coordinated processes needed to provide medical supplies by drone in a temperature-controlled environment with real-time monitoring.