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
08 September 2025 Anna Ezekiel, 26, is tired but happy. Two days earlier she welcomed her baby boy at Gungu Health Centre in Kigoma Municipal Council where staff have recently completed training in Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC). The facility is also equipped with lifesaving tools to identify and manage critical illness. Although she had a normal delivery, Anna suffered
🌍 Webinar: Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) in Tanzania Most critically ill patients aren’t in ICUs — they’re on general wards, and too often they don’t get the basics that could save their lives. Join the UNICEF/Child Health Taskforce webinar about EECC. It will cover: ✔️ New EECC training and tools ✔️ Lessons from implementation in Tanzania ✔️ Why
For 19-year-old Rozalia, the birth of healthy twins should have been a moment of pure joy. But just hours after delivery in a Tanzanian district hospital, that joy turned to fear. She began bleeding heavily and rapidly lost consciousness. Postpartum haemorrhage—the medical term for heavy bleeding after childbirth—is one of the leading causes of maternal death worldwide. It can strike