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. ...
Every Breath Counts calls on leaders to make oxygen central to its Global Coronavirus Response. This could not be more urgent....
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 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....