The Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) Champions Workshop (11–13 March 2026) and EECC Course ToT (14th March 2026) in Dar es Salaam brought together clinicians, researchers, and health system leaders from across Africa and beyond, united by a shared mission: ensuring every critically ill patient receives essential, timely care regardless of setting. During the 3 days champions workshop 26
The Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop, held at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) University Anaesthesia Simulation Lab, brought together 17 healthcare professionals to strengthen capacity in the recognition and management of critical illness. Conducted from 5th-7th March 2026, the workshop aimed to develop a sustainable model of care by equipping participants with both clinical
The THUMB trial, a multi-centre cluster trial focused on evaluating the implementation of a perioperative care complex intervention designed to improve outcomes from haemorrhage during and after caesarean sections in African hospitals, was successfully launched at Amana and Mwananyamala Regional Referral Hospitals on the 29th and 22nd August respectively. This was preceded by a 2-week baseline data collection and co
EECCiT Dissemination meetings were done in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar towards the end of January. The meeting brought together key stakeholders from the Ministry of Health, Prime Minister’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG), regional and district health teams, implementation partners, and healthcare workers from the Primary Healthcare (PHC) facilities to review progress, reveal and discuss the EECCiT implementation
EECC in action at Ebrahim Haji Charitable Health Centre! @ehchcdsm Nurses completed training on Vital Signs Directed Therapy (VSDT) — a core EECC component focused on early recognition and response to critical illness. The training was conducted by an EECC Champion @zed4zainab committed to empowering nurses with practical, life-saving skills! One ward at a time, we move closer to safer, stronger care.
EECC was presented at Tanga Region, during the opening day of EMERGENCIES AND CRITICAL CARE TRAINING AND CAMP to All Tanga health Providers working in EMD, OPD, and different WARDS with help from JAI and EMSA. Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) focuses on the simple, lifesaving actions that ensure critically ill patients are identified early and treated promptly, no