The organization has commercial-grade licensing and infrastructure for pharmaceutical distribution and is able to safely and effectively transport medications that must be refrigerated or kept frozen. Information Resources.Įxpanding Vaccine Access: As a registered charity in both the United States and Mexico, Direct Relief is uniquely able to arrange the cross-border donation of cold chain medications. To inform its efforts and those of policymakers, Direct Relief’s research team is producing information and analysis tools to predict transmission and understand the effectiveness of social distancing and other measures.
The organization is leveraging its global distribution infrastructure and financial resources to aid in the response, providing emergency medical resources–vaccines, antibody therapies, PPE, respiratory equipment and other critical items–to medical facilities across the U.S. Every aspect of Direct Relief’s organizational capacity is devoted to the coronavirus response.
