Optimizing Oxygen Access and Reliability: Opportunities for scaling access and applications to other medical devices
Oxygen scale-up requires coordination across seven interrelated areas: policy and political commitment; financing; baseline assessment; quantification; procurement; distribution; and management and training. Within each area of engagement, there are decision points and actions to take, informational tools that can help countries achieve success in that area, and examples from illustrative countries.
This report outlines tools and recommendations that exist for each area of engagement. It also introduces the Oxygen Delivery Toolkit: Resources to plan and scale medical oxygen.
Publication date: May 2020