Pneumonia Care Seeking Scorecard
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. ...
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Best Practices for Pulse Oximeter Use!
“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...
Childhood Pneumonia Takes Center Stage at INSPiRED 2026
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...
Historic Milestone: 71% of World’s Children Protected Against Pneumococcal Disease
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...
In the Ebola response, oxygen remains a lifesaving tool that is still out of reach
“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...
Fiji Moves First
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...