Antimicrobial resistance and pneumonia
How do we reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia and close any remaining access gaps for pneumonia patients, especially children, who are missing out?...
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Biomedical Engineers: They Make it Work!
Biomedical engineers are among healthcare’s unsung heroes. Every Breath Counts spotlights their work in a new campaign, Biomedical Engineers: They Make it Work!...
Air Pollution and Pneumonia Scorecard
The Every Breath Counts Air Pollution and Pneumonia Scorecard ranks the 20 countries that are home to 70% of all air pollution-related pneumonia deaths ...
Pneumoccocal Vaccine Scorecard
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)...
Medical oxygen and the SDGs
“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 role of medical oxygen and global health...
Malnutrition and Child Pneumonia Scorecard
The Every Breath Counts Malnutrition and Pneumonia Scorecard ranks the 20 countries that are home to 80% of all malnutrition-related child pneumonia deaths ...
The promise of reduced dose pneumococcal vaccination for children
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...
What do the new Global Burden of Disease estimates tell us about childhood pneumonia?
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...
Medical oxygen and respiratory pandemics
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...
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. ...