Direct Relief USA Programs

STRENGTHENING THE

HEALTHCARE SAFETY-NET

Damon Taugher

Director, Direct Relief USA

www.directrelief.org/usa

• 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

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

hospital and in eight years, it has

treated more over 68,000 patients

and has delivered over 9,600 safe

births

EDNA ADAN, SOMALILAND

1 IN 8 BABIES DIE IN INFANCY EVERY YEAR.

NEARLY 4,000 SOMALI WOMEN DIE IN CHILDBIRTH

• 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.

• 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

AUGUST 2005 HURRICANE KATRINA

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

• 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

1. Address the unmet need for

medicine

2. Grow and strengthen the

network

3. Enhance emergency

preparedness and response

4. Understand the medically

underserved

SAFETY NET SUPPORT - Increasing Access to Medication for underserved

People

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE - Building the Capacity of

Responders in Times of Crisis

• Ongoing donations to over 1,000 CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS

nationwide

• Nationwide PROGRAMS SUPPORT UNINSURED, AT-RISK PATIENTS WITH

DIABETES, ASTHMA, AND INFLUENZA.

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

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

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

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