Children living in countries that do not offer the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine are dangerously exposed to pneumonia, the biggest infectious killer in the world. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, pneumonia killed an estimated 2.6 million people each year. Post COVID-19 this number will rise exponentially. ...
In 2009, a diverse group of committed doctors, advocates, academics, UN officials and business people came together to change the way the world responded to pneumonia - the “forgotten killer of children”.[1] When they launched the first World Pneumonia Day in November, pneumonia was killing...
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....
Every Breath Counts underscores the critical role of access to medical oxygen in reducing deaths from COVID-19 across LMICs and appeals to the ACT-A Facilitation Council to guarantee significant, additional financial support is provided to help LMIC governments ensure that no COVID-19 patient dies...
How can countries solve complex vaccine decision-making? Vaccine Cost Calculators from PATH, available for rotavirus and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, help countries compare immunization program costs using different vaccine products to simplify decision-making....
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. ...
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....
The Every Breath Counts Coalition is calling on the ACT-Accelerator lead agencies for a COVID-19 Emergency Oxygen Response. ...
One year after the inaugural Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia, what progress has been made?...
Every Breath Counts welcomes the announcement by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) of a $US1.6 billion COVID-19 Emergency Oxygen Response to help the worst-affected countries ensure that no more COVID-19 patients die for lack of oxygen....