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Oxygen is an essential treatment for a range of common conditions yet equitable access has been a long-neglected element of health system planning for several reasons. It has complex delivery infrastructure, requires proper training for health workers and sustainable maintenance plans, and should be supported by sufficient budget.
Many of the tools and resources needed to overcome oxygen access barriers already exist across different global health and implementing organizations, manufacturers and suppliers, donors, and country governments. The Access to Oxygen (A2O2) Resource Library is a central place to host a comprehensive set of both global and country-specific tools, guidance, data, publications, policies, protocols, and advocacy resources for oxygen scale-up and long-term respiratory care planning. Learn more.
We welcome your suggestions—if you have oxygen resources to submit, please use this submission form or contact us at oxygen@path.org.
Newly Added Resources
The Medical Oxygen Innovation Landscape: Technologies and Business Models to Improve Access
REPORT | This report highlights significant advancements in oxygen production, distribution, and delivery, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are crucial for improving health care in low- and middle-income countries by addressin...
By: Unitaid
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Advocacy
The Medical Oxygen Innovation Landscape: Technologies and Business Models to Improve Access
Author(s): Unitaid
Publication date: August 2024
This report highlights significant advancements in oxygen production, distribution, and delivery, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are crucial for improving health care in low- and middle-income countries by addressin...
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security
REPORT | This Commission situates medical oxygen as a multifaceted system, a vital service, and an essential medicine, and presents new estimates of global medical oxygen need, the coverage gap, and th...
By: The Lancet Global Health
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security
Author(s): The Lancet Global Health
Publication date: February 2025
This Commission situates medical oxygen as a multifaceted system, a vital service, and an essential medicine, and presents new estimates of global medical oxygen need, the coverage gap, and th...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Global Oxygen Strategic Framework and Investment Case 2025-2030
TOOL | Closing the oxygen gap would save hundreds of thousands of newborn and child lives and is essential to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the Global Oxyge...
By: Global Oxygen Alliance
Advocacy
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Global Oxygen Strategic Framework and Investment Case 2025-2030
Author(s): Global Oxygen Alliance
Publication date: October 2024
Closing the oxygen gap would save hundreds of thousands of newborn and child lives and is essential to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the Global Oxyge...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Gap Assessment for Zambia
REPORT | This report analyzes data collected during facility assessments of 91 health facilities in ten provinces across Zambia, by service ward type, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medical oxyge...
By: PATH, Zambia Ministry of Health
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Gap Assessment for Zambia
Author(s): PATH, Zambia Ministry of Health
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes data collected during facility assessments of 91 health facilities in ten provinces across Zambia, by service ward type, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medical oxyge...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Tags
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Tanzania
REPORT | The purpose of the assessment is quantifying the country’s capacity to produce, distribute, and utilize medical oxygen. The results estimated projected oxygen needs in the country to be 29,000 liter...
By: PATH, Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Tanzania
Author(s): PATH, Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children
Publication date: November 2024
The purpose of the assessment is quantifying the country’s capacity to produce, distribute, and utilize medical oxygen. The results estimated projected oxygen needs in the country to be 29,000 liter...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Senegal
REPORT | This report analyzes and presents data collected during facility assessments of 114 health facilities in 14 provinces across Senegal, by service ward, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medica...
By: PATH
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Senegal
Author(s): PATH
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes and presents data collected during facility assessments of 114 health facilities in 14 provinces across Senegal, by service ward, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medica...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Tags
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Kenya
REPORT | This report analyzes data collected via facility assessments to provide a snapshot of the medical oxygen ecosystem from 113 health facilities in seven counties across Kenya. The purpose of thi...
By: PATH, Kenya Ministry of Health
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Kenya
Author(s): PATH, Kenya Ministry of Health
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes data collected via facility assessments to provide a snapshot of the medical oxygen ecosystem from 113 health facilities in seven counties across Kenya. The purpose of thi...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Tags
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
REPORT | This report analyzes data collected through facility assessments from 340 health facilities in 26 provinces across DRC to provide a snapshot of their medical oxygen ecosystem. The purpose of thi...
By: PATH
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author(s): PATH
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes data collected through facility assessments from 340 health facilities in 26 provinces across DRC to provide a snapshot of their medical oxygen ecosystem. The purpose of thi...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
WHO Technical Specifications for Health Facility based Medical Oxygen Systems
GUIDANCE | The purpose of this document is to present a comprehensive package of technical specifications for medical oxygen system products and components: source, storage and distribution.
By: World Health Organization (WHO)
Respiratory care equipment
Oxygen ecosystem planning
WHO Technical Specifications for Health Facility based Medical Oxygen Systems
Author(s): World Health Organization (WHO)
Publication date: December 2024
The purpose of this document is to present a comprehensive package of technical specifications for medical oxygen system products and components: source, storage and distribution.
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Guideline on Management of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea in Children up to 10 years of age
GUIDANCE | This guideline aims to help WHO Member States and their partners make evidence-informed decisions on the appropriate actions in their efforts to address common childhood illnesses, including pneumonia and diarrhoea.
By: World Health Organization (WHO)
Patient care
Guideline on Management of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea in Children up to 10 years of age
Author(s): World Health Organization (WHO)
Publication date: December 2024
This guideline aims to help WHO Member States and their partners make evidence-informed decisions on the appropriate actions in their efforts to address common childhood illnesses, including pneumonia and diarrhoea.
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
The Medical Oxygen Innovation Landscape: Technologies and Business Models to Improve Access
REPORT | This report highlights significant advancements in oxygen production, distribution, and delivery, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are crucial for improving health care in low- and middle-income countries by addressin...
By: Unitaid
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Advocacy
The Medical Oxygen Innovation Landscape: Technologies and Business Models to Improve Access
Author(s): Unitaid
Publication date: August 2024
This report highlights significant advancements in oxygen production, distribution, and delivery, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are crucial for improving health care in low- and middle-income countries by addressin...
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security
REPORT | This Commission situates medical oxygen as a multifaceted system, a vital service, and an essential medicine, and presents new estimates of global medical oxygen need, the coverage gap, and th...
By: The Lancet Global Health
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security
Author(s): The Lancet Global Health
Publication date: February 2025
This Commission situates medical oxygen as a multifaceted system, a vital service, and an essential medicine, and presents new estimates of global medical oxygen need, the coverage gap, and th...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Global Oxygen Strategic Framework and Investment Case 2025-2030
TOOL | Closing the oxygen gap would save hundreds of thousands of newborn and child lives and is essential to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the Global Oxyge...
By: Global Oxygen Alliance
Advocacy
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Global Oxygen Strategic Framework and Investment Case 2025-2030
Author(s): Global Oxygen Alliance
Publication date: October 2024
Closing the oxygen gap would save hundreds of thousands of newborn and child lives and is essential to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the Global Oxyge...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Gap Assessment for Zambia
REPORT | This report analyzes data collected during facility assessments of 91 health facilities in ten provinces across Zambia, by service ward type, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medical oxyge...
By: PATH, Zambia Ministry of Health
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Gap Assessment for Zambia
Author(s): PATH, Zambia Ministry of Health
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes data collected during facility assessments of 91 health facilities in ten provinces across Zambia, by service ward type, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medical oxyge...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Tags
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Tanzania
REPORT | The purpose of the assessment is quantifying the country’s capacity to produce, distribute, and utilize medical oxygen. The results estimated projected oxygen needs in the country to be 29,000 liter...
By: PATH, Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Tanzania
Author(s): PATH, Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children
Publication date: November 2024
The purpose of the assessment is quantifying the country’s capacity to produce, distribute, and utilize medical oxygen. The results estimated projected oxygen needs in the country to be 29,000 liter...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Senegal
REPORT | This report analyzes and presents data collected during facility assessments of 114 health facilities in 14 provinces across Senegal, by service ward, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medica...
By: PATH
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Senegal
Author(s): PATH
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes and presents data collected during facility assessments of 114 health facilities in 14 provinces across Senegal, by service ward, to provide a snapshot of the country’s medica...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Tags
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Kenya
REPORT | This report analyzes data collected via facility assessments to provide a snapshot of the medical oxygen ecosystem from 113 health facilities in seven counties across Kenya. The purpose of thi...
By: PATH, Kenya Ministry of Health
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for Kenya
Author(s): PATH, Kenya Ministry of Health
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes data collected via facility assessments to provide a snapshot of the medical oxygen ecosystem from 113 health facilities in seven counties across Kenya. The purpose of thi...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Tags
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
REPORT | This report analyzes data collected through facility assessments from 340 health facilities in 26 provinces across DRC to provide a snapshot of their medical oxygen ecosystem. The purpose of thi...
By: PATH
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Patient care
Advocacy
Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Capacity Assessment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author(s): PATH
Publication date: November 2024
This report analyzes data collected through facility assessments from 340 health facilities in 26 provinces across DRC to provide a snapshot of their medical oxygen ecosystem. The purpose of thi...
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
WHO Technical Specifications for Health Facility based Medical Oxygen Systems
GUIDANCE | The purpose of this document is to present a comprehensive package of technical specifications for medical oxygen system products and components: source, storage and distribution.
By: World Health Organization (WHO)
Respiratory care equipment
Oxygen ecosystem planning
WHO Technical Specifications for Health Facility based Medical Oxygen Systems
Author(s): World Health Organization (WHO)
Publication date: December 2024
The purpose of this document is to present a comprehensive package of technical specifications for medical oxygen system products and components: source, storage and distribution.
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
Guideline on Management of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea in Children up to 10 years of age
GUIDANCE | This guideline aims to help WHO Member States and their partners make evidence-informed decisions on the appropriate actions in their efforts to address common childhood illnesses, including pneumonia and diarrhoea.
By: World Health Organization (WHO)
Patient care
Guideline on Management of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea in Children up to 10 years of age
Author(s): World Health Organization (WHO)
Publication date: December 2024
This guideline aims to help WHO Member States and their partners make evidence-informed decisions on the appropriate actions in their efforts to address common childhood illnesses, including pneumonia and diarrhoea.
Link to Resource
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No
The Medical Oxygen Innovation Landscape: Technologies and Business Models to Improve Access
REPORT | This report highlights significant advancements in oxygen production, distribution, and delivery, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are crucial for improving health care in low- and middle-income countries by addressin...
By: Unitaid
Oxygen ecosystem planning
Respiratory care equipment
Advocacy
The Medical Oxygen Innovation Landscape: Technologies and Business Models to Improve Access
Author(s): Unitaid
Publication date: August 2024
This report highlights significant advancements in oxygen production, distribution, and delivery, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are crucial for improving health care in low- and middle-income countries by addressin...
Categories
Resource Types
Languages
Intended Audience
Region or Global
Specific to COVID-19
No