Santa Barbara, California, April 30 -- Direct Relief has delivered 52,000 vials of insulin along with more than 2.1 million needles and syringes to Ecuador, supporting ongoing efforts by the country's Ministry of Public Health to ensure people living with diabetes have access to essential treatment.

The insulin was donated by Novo Nordisk, and the needles and syringes were donated by embecta. Direct Relief coordinated the shipment in collaboration with Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, a longstanding nonprofit healthcare provider in Ecuador, working together to deliver the supplies to the Ministry of Public Health for distribution through the national health system.

The shipment arrived in Quito, where it was received by health author...