As we told you earlier this week, this Friday is World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia claims more lives than any other disease in the developing world for children under the age of five. But thankfully, it is considered one of global health’s most solvable problems.
To raise awareness on the importance of providing vaccines and antibiotics treatment for children in the developing world, here are some quick facts about the illness from WorldPneumoniaDay.org:
1. Pneumonia kills more children under the age of...
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Nine women joined ONE last week on a listening and learning tour through Ghana and Sierra Leone. Nancy Brady reports back:
Our final day of the trip proved to be a challenging and emotional day for our delegation as we examined Sierra Leone’s devastated healthcare system and confronted numerous obstacles for providers and patients alike. A consistent theme throughout our journey has been the association between healthcare and development. A strong healthcare system balances prevention and intervention...
Dr. Martin Dedicoat is a consultant in infectious diseases at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. We interviewed him as part of our #PassTheMic campaign. Here’s some of what he had to say.
Learning from each other during this time is vital. A repository of information to show responses that have worked and those that haven’t would be useful.
For example, in Medellin, Colombia, they’ve done something for people who come to hospital with symptoms of COVID, but are not ill enough to...
Harriet Walton is an Emergency Medicine Nurse at University College Hospital, London. We interviewed her as part of our #PassTheMic campaign. Here’s some of what she had to say.
I work in an emergency department in central London so, as you can imagine, we get patients from all over the world.
In the UK we are extremely fortunate to have the National Health Service (NHS), and it should never be taken for granted. We have one of the best health systems...
At ONE, we strive to build a better world for everyone, everywhere by fighting to end extreme poverty and preventable disease. We’ve spent nearly two decades campaigning for progress by advocating for access to education, gender equality and connectivity, the elimination of gender-based violence, investment into energy and agriculture, and, of course, health.
In recent months, it’s become painfully clear how critical good global health and strong health systems are to our collective ability to live safe and productive lives....