Dear HIFA and CHIFA members,
I am forwarding this announcement from UNICEF.
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Dear Member,
Essential Emergency and Critical Care: Training, Tools and Implementation in Tanzania
UNICEF/Child Health Taskforce Webinar
Thursday 11th Sep 2025 9am-10.15am EST, 1pm-2.15 pm UTC,
4pm-5.15pm EAT
Register Here https://unicef.zoom.us/meeting/register/yoNBkALsQcqxVnNJlK9m-g#/registra...
Throughout the world, critical illness, (acute, life-threatening disease), is common in children and adults. Providing critically ill patients with good quality care is a priority for health systems, and yet has been underprioritized.
The Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) approach focuses on the first-line, most fundamental and cost-effective care for all wards and units in all health facilities. Evidence is growing that EECC can be highly effective and cost-effective and has the potential to save many lives. EECC was presented at a UNICEF/Child Health Taskforce webinar in 2022 and since then, EECC training and tools have been developed and implemented in collaboration with UNICEF ESARO, UNICEF Tanzania, The Ministry of Health in Tanzania and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. The materials are user-friendly and pragmatic and ready to download and use across the world.
This webinar will share information about EECC, the available training and tools, and the lessons learned in Tanzania when implementing EECC.
Agenda
•Welcome and introductions (Anne Detjen) (5 mins)
•Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC), the training and tools (Tim Baker) (15 mins)
•Implementing EECC in Tanzania (Ben Kafumu) (15 mins)
•EECC – fundamental for child health and PHC strengthening (Jennifer Barak) (10 mins)
•Panel discussion, Q&A (Tim Baker & Jennifer Barak) (30mins)
Presenters
• Tim Baker is a critical care specialist and Associate Professor at Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and consultant with UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. Tim’s work focuses on improving the provision of care to critically ill children and adults. tbaker@unicef.org
• Ben Kafumu is a physician and public health specialist working as a Health Specialist with UNICEF Tanzania. He is responsible for the EECC in Tanzania program, working closely with the government of Tanzania to implement EECC in health facilities in the country. bkafumu@unicef.org
• Jennifer Barak is a regional health specialist, responsible for child health and community-based primary; health care for UNICEF ESARO. jbarak@unicef.org
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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org