US EditionWHO Foundation and Laerdal Global Health announce US $12.5 million to launch massive Acute Care scale up aiming to save over 50,000 lives per year
- On May 20, 2025, in Geneva, Tore Laerdal, founder of Laerdal Global Health, together with Thomas Zeltner, Chair of the WHO Foundation, revealed a $12.5 million pledge to enhance acute care training across several African nations.
- This philanthropic collaboration will provide funding to the WHO for expanding Basic Emergency Care training to health workers in hundreds of hospitals spanning three African nations, aiming to reduce high mortality rates.
- Since its development in 2016 by WHO and international partners, the Basic Emergency Care program has provided training to numerous health professionals across over 60 countries and has been shown to reduce mortality from acute conditions by 34 to 50 percent.
- Thomas Zeltner highlighted that this generous donation bolsters WHO’s crucial efforts during a period of financial challenges and encouraged additional support for the Lifeline initiative, which aims to expand the Basic Emergency Care program and save millions of lives.
- The consortium plans to secure $25 million to expand the program to a thousand healthcare facilities across at least five countries, aiming to improve emergency care systems and potentially save around 50,000 lives each year.
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