How a Pacific vaccine innovator became the first low- or middle-income country to reduce its pneumococcal vaccine schedule from three doses to two For more than a decade, Fiji has protected its children against pneumococcal disease with three doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or PCV. In...
“To be honest we are already losing Ebola patients because we don’t have enough oxygen.” For Dr Richard Kojan, an intensive care physician with the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), some of the most painful moments of the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic...
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, less than seven in every ten children are protected with PCV, well below the global...
Pneumonia remains the leading infectious cause of death among children under five, accounting for more than 600,000 deaths annually worldwide. Despite gains in vaccine coverage, progress reducing pneumonia deaths has slowed, and many countries face increasingly constrained health budgets. At the same time, new tools...
Statement by the Secure PCV Collaborators in response to the WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) More than seven in every ten infants are protected with three doses of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in 2025, according to the latest vaccine coverage estimates from the...
The 4th Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases (INSPiRED), held in Bologna in June 2026, demonstrated that we have entered a new era of pneumonia control, where rapid reductions in child mortality are within reach. Across the Congress, presentations highlighted advances in...
“Functional, good-quality pulse oximeters should be available in every area where patients are clinically assessed or admitted in sufficient quantities to meet all needs,” The Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security Do you want to improve the use of pulse oximetry among children and...
40% of children with symptoms of pneumonia are NOT taken to a healthcare provider in the 40 countries with 90% of child pneumonia deaths. Children living in poor households are least likely to be taken for care. ...
The Every Breath Counts Pneumococcal Vaccine Scorecard ranks the 20 countries where the most children's lives could be saved with 90% coverage of one of the most powerful childhood vaccines - the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)...
New estimates from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) show that the number of children dying from pneumonia increased sharply from 502,000 in 2021 to 610,000 in 2023. This 20% increase was expected following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions that...