New research published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition calls for Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) to underpin the WHO’s global ECO strategy, ensuring countries prioritise equitable access to foundational, life-saving care as they strengthen health systems.

The Lancet has published a profile of EECC Global co-founder Dr Tim Baker, exploring the global burden of critical illness, the development of Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC), and the growing movement to improve care for critically ill patients worldwide.

A new Stanford University project in Uganda will implement Vital Signs Directed Therapy, an EECC approach that links abnormal vital signs to immediate treatment. It is another encouraging example of EECC principles being adopted by organisations to strengthen care for critically ill patients.

Ethiopia has formally endorsed the Addis Ababa Declaration on Emergency, Critical and Operative Care, which calls for Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) to be a minimum standard. EECC Global is now working to build support for a wider multi-country African declaration.

The EECC in Tanzania programme has won the inaugural Lancet–Elsevier Foundation Evidence to Impact Award, recognising its successful and ongoing implementation of Essential Emergency and Critical Care across 79 hospitals and its association with a 31% reduction in inpatient mortality.

A new partnership between EECC Global Mauritania and Medipole Polyclinic is helping expand Essential Emergency and Critical Care in Mauritania. Through local leadership, training and collaboration, clinicians are building the skills needed to identify and treat critical illness earlier and more effectively.

When 10-year-old Runia arrived barely conscious with severe malaria and dangerously low oxygen levels, Vwawa District Hospital was ready. Despite already caring for eight children on oxygen, EECC-trained staff acted immediately, helping Runia recover and return home to her family.

EECC Global has launched CRISP, a new group of critical illness survivors, patients and relatives helping to shape our work. By bringing lived experience into research, advocacy and implementation, we are ensuring that the voices of patients and families help guide the future of essential care.

Healthcare workers at Nkhoma Mission Hospital in Malawi have completed their first EECC training course, building practical skills in recognising and managing critical illness. The successful programme demonstrates growing momentum for EECC implementation and capacity building across Africa.

Following a 31% reduction in hospital deaths after the implementation of Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC), attention is turning to what comes next. New recommendations aim to help embed EECC across Tanzania's health system and extend lifesaving care to more patients.

Tim Baker joined global experts at the 6th World Sepsis Congress to discuss how Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) supports Emergency, Critical, and Operative Care (ECO). Watch his presentation exploring why foundational care is central to improving outcomes for critically ill patients.

A global Training of Trainers in Tanzania is equipping 22 clinicians from 10 countries to teach Essential Emergency and Critical Care: scaling simple, life-saving interventions through local training, and ensuring critically ill patients receive timely, effective care wherever they are.

A new nationwide study from Ethiopia shows rapid ICU expansion but persistent gaps in basic care. The findings highlight the need for Essential Emergency and Critical Care to ensure early recognition and life-saving treatment for all critically ill patients.