On May 23rd in Gothenburg, 120 healthcare professionals took part in EECC training, exploring simple, lifesaving care for critically ill patients. The event highlighted how EECC can improve outcomes across specialties and settings, from surgery to policy and ICU care.

When Claude arrived at a rural hospital in Tanzania, he was in a life-threatening condition. Thanks to essential emergency and critical care (EECC), including oxygen and close monitoring, his life was saved — showing how simple care can make a difference.

New EECC training courses are launching across Tanzania’s Songwe region, equipping healthcare workers with life-saving skills. Vwawa District Hospital is leading the way, aiming for 100% coverage and becoming Tanzania’s first EECC centre of excellence.

At the 2025 World Health Assembly, EECC Global’s Karima Khalid spotlighted critical gaps in basic hospital care. Speaking at two key events, she urged global leaders to prioritise simple, life-saving treatments for all critically ill patients in all hospital settings.

Vital Signs Directed Therapy helps health workers spot danger signs early and take life-saving action. As a key element of Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC), it offers a simple, effective way to reduce deaths from critical illness worldwide.

At the SATA 2025 Conference, Karima Khalid of EECC Global shared how simple, low-cost emergency care saves lives. Her talk highlighted the urgent need for Essential Emergency and Critical Care in general wards, where most critically ill patients are treated.

Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) saves lives with simple, low-cost treatments for critically ill patients. Yet it’s often overlooked. Learn why EECC should be the foundation of every health system—not an afterthought.

Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) is life-saving care that all critically ill patients should receive. Research has defined a clear, low-cost package of clinical actions and hospital requirements to help reduce preventable deaths in hospitals worldwide.

Tanzania is scaling up lifesaving care through the EECCiT programme, training healthcare workers to deliver essential emergency and critical care. This low-cost, high-impact approach is strengthening hospitals and improving survival for critically ill patients across six key regions.

A new study across hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals that low oxygen levels are common and often poorly managed, with high death rates. EECC offers simple, affordable solutions—like proper oxygen monitoring—that can save lives and improve critical care outcomes.

The EECC Champions Workshop in Dar es Salaam brought together healthcare professionals to learn, share, and lead in delivering essential emergency and critical care—simple, low-cost interventions that save lives. Each participant left empowered with an action plan for change.

Karima Khalid discusses new research on critical illness in African hospitals, highlighting major care gaps. The ACIOS study shows many patients lack access to basic, life-saving interventions. Listen on Channel Africa to learn how EECC can help improve outcomes.

EECC Network member Dr. Benjamin Kadler has been collaborating with fellow EECC Network members on a research project to develop an EECC knowledge assessment tool.  We ask for network members to take the assessment. Your responses will play an essential role in validating the tool and advancing the work that has been undertaken.

Most critically ill patients in Africa are not in ICUs and lack access to basic life-saving care. Commentary on the ACIOS study calls out a severe gap in emergency and critical care, highlighting the urgent need for investment in essential, low-cost interventions to save lives.

Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) training is transforming care at Mogadishu’s Royal and Demartino hospitals. Led by Dr. Isse B. Mohamed, the program equips staff with life-saving skills and assesses hospital readiness, ensuring critically ill patients receive timely, effective care.

Training healthcare workers in Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) saves lives. In Lebanon, Dr. Märit Halmin adapted EECC training for nurses and surgeons amid conflict, ensuring critically ill patients receive timely, simple, yet effective care in challenging conditions

Baby Lilian struggled to breathe after birth, but a nurse trained in Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) acted swiftly. With oxygen therapy and careful monitoring, Lilian survived—a powerful reminder that simple, life-saving EECC interventions can prevent unnecessary deaths.

This World Health Day, the focus is on maternal and newborn health. Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) plays a vital role in preventing deaths by ensuring timely interventions like oxygen therapy, fluid resuscitation, and airway management—simple measures that save countless lives.

A new study reveals critical oxygen shortages in low-resource healthcare facilities, leading to preventable deaths. Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) provides simple, cost-effective interventions—like oxygen therapy and vital sign monitoring—to bridge this gap and save lives globally.

Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) is one of the most cost-effective health interventions, saving lives for as little as $14 per DALY averted. Compared to vaccines or malaria management, EECC offers an affordable, life-saving solution for critically ill patients worldwide