The ACT-A Oxygen Emergency Taskforce one year on…
One year after the launch of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) Oxygen Emergency Taskforce, what has been achieved? ...
Articles
The critical role of pneumonia-fighting vaccines in an era of respiratory pandemics
Children and adults living in countries that do not offer pneumonia-fighting vaccines are dangerously exposed to pneumonia and at risk of infecting others....
Oxygen Industry Roundtables
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. ...
Improving access to tools that detect critically ill children
New Unitaid-funded initiative is a key step toward improving primary health care and reducing childhood mortality...
Testing pneumonia diagnostic aids
The challenges in pneumonia diagnosis in low-resource settings have been well documented. The current method routinely used involves community health workers manually counting a child’s breath for one minute - the respiratory rate. This is often not done, or done poorly, frequently leading to misdiagnosis...
Landmark agreements with major liquid oxygen suppliers
The Access to Medical Oxygen Roundtables have created the platform for unprecedented cooperation between international development agencies and the major global oxygen suppliers and their investors....
World Pneumonia Day during a Global Pneumonia Pandemic
This year, World Pneumonia Day will be held during a global pneumonia pandemic. By 12 November, COVID-19 is expected to cause 1.3 million deaths....
Government leadership critical to tackling COVID-19 oxygen shortages
Every Breath Counts calls on Health and Finance Ministers in the countries with COVID-19 oxygen shortages to accelerate investments to end the unnecessary suffering and deaths that are being caused by lack of oxygen....
The Missing Piece: Why the global pandemic is an inflection point for pneumonia control
Pneumonia has been the biggest “missing piece” on the global health agenda for decades. There is no global goal for reducing pneumonia deaths and no global health agency responsible for supporting countries to prevent, diagnose and treat pneumonia....
Open Letter to Global and National Health Leaders on COVID-19
The Every Breath Counts Coalition is extremely concerned that the COVID-19 virus will cross into the countries that are already experiencing heavy burdens of pneumonia deaths, especially among children, and is urging support for national preparedness to control an outbreak of viral pneumonia in these...