“Apart from oxygen, name one other essential medicine that is a topline treatment for all but one of the conditions targeted by the health SDGs?” This was the focus of the second of three High Stakes Conversations on the...
For the first time since global child mortality statistics have been collected, the end of child pneumonia deaths is in sight. New estimates from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) show that the number of children dying from pneumonia dropped...
This was the focus of the first of three High Stakes Conversations on the role of medical oxygen and respiratory therapies hosted by Every Breath Counts on 30 April 2024. The event, Respiratory Pandemics and Access to Medical Oxygen, brought together four leading experts on...
On 25 September 2020, the Access to Medicine Foundation and the Every Breath Counts Coalition co-hosted a first-of-its-kind virtual roundtable with industry, investors, global health agencies to explore opportunities to increase access to medical oxygen in low and middle-income countries. ...
Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children under five and, as a result, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or PCV, is one of the most lifesaving vaccines. However, just six in every ten children are protected with PCV well below the global target...
For the 340 million adults and children who get sick with pneumonia each year, the costs of treatment can be catastrophic - as individuals and families are forced to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare. Every Breath Counts is launching a new campaign to document these crippling...
Oxygen is an essential medicine. Yet it remains beyond the reach of the poorest & most vulnerable. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified high out-of-pocket costs for oxygen across the world, exposing the tragic results when patients cannot afford to pay....
Biomedical engineers are among healthcare’s unsung heroes. Every Breath Counts spotlights their work in a new campaign, Biomedical Engineers: They Make it Work!...
How do we design and implement national oxygen road maps for comprehensive and sustainable oxygen scale up? Read the case study from Ethiopia ...
Good data is critical to equitably improve access to medical oxygen. But there is a paucity of data on oxygen availability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This is a call to action to fill the data gaps and ensure every breath counts....