POETICTz were happy to take part in the “Building Global Acute Care Research Capacity” meeting in Kigali on 5th-9th October – convened by InFACT, ISARIC and CIIC-HIN. More than 140 delegates from all continents gathered in person (and more online) to learn from each other’s varied and rich experiences, and discuss ways forward for research to strengthen acute and critical
The first APPRISE THUMB trial co design meeting took place on the 06th of August 2025 at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) bringing together the APPRISE Project leadership alongside teams from Mwananyamala and Amana Regional Referral Hospitals. Each hospital was represented by a lead obstetrician, an anaesthetist, and nurses from both the theatre and postnatal wards,
“Seeing him struggling to breathe was the most frightening moment of my life… but when we arrived here, I started regaining hope as I saw the doctors and nurses doing everything they could to save my son.”— Salimu’s mother Thirteen-year-old Salimu loved swimming with his friends in a nearby lake. One afternoon, their play turned into panic. Salimu slipped beneath
This May marked the beginning of something new at Vwawa District Hospital in Tanzania’s Songwe region: the rollout of Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC). As part of the national EECC in Tanzania programme (EECCiT), every single acute care health worker at Vwawa is being trained in the skills needed to save lives using simple, effective treatments. For Dr. Stanford
On 2nd October, the world marks World Oxygen Day, a reminder that one of the simplest, most essential medicines is still out of reach for billions of people. The Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security estimates that 5 billion people lack reliable access to safe, affordable medical oxygen. That’s two-thirds of the world’s population without a treatment that
Sep 16 “I was very scared when Gidion became so weak and sick… but when the nurses and doctors acted so quickly, I had hope my son would have a second chance” Irene, Gidion’s mother When eight-month-old Gidion fell ill with fever, diarrhoea, and weakness, his parents tried what many families in rural Tanzania must do—seek help at the local