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- Oxygen - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oxygen (O 2) is a chemical element At standard temperature and pressure, two oxygen atoms bind together to form a colourless and odourless gas with a molecular mass of 32 atomic mass units (amu) Together with nitrogen and argon, oxygen is one of the three major constituents of Earth’s atmosphere, being present in 21% of air
- Oxygen Access Scale Up - World Health Organization (WHO)
Medical oxygen is a life-saving medicine that is used to treat many conditions throughout the care continuum Despite the clinical importance of medical oxygen and inclusion on the WHO Essential Medicines List, it remains a hard to access resource in health care settings The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted inequities in availability and access to this life-saving medicine and the inherent
- Oxygen - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oxygen is a life-saving essential medicine with no substitution Healthcare professionals use oxygen to treat respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and pneumonia Oxygen is also essential for surgery and trauma Vulnerable groups like older people, pregnant women, young infants and newborns need oxygen therapy regularly Despite being an essential medicine, oxygen is a complex product Medicinal
- WHO virtual workshop series for developing national medical oxygen . . .
WHO is hosting a virtual workshop series to introduce practical and applicable knowledge for Member States and partners to expand on or develop costed national oxygen scale-up plans Throughout the series, participants will engage with topical and thematic experts and learn from countries with experience in national medical oxygen ecosystem planning Register hereBackground The WHO Clinical
- Oxygen therapy for children - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oxygen therapy is essential to counter hypoxaemia and many a times is the difference between life and death This manual focuses on the availability and clinical use of oxygen therapy in children in health facilities by providing the practical aspects for health workers, biomedical engineers, and administrators
- National medical oxygen scale-up plan: Development guidance
In line with WHA resolution 76 3 Increasing access to medical oxygen, WHO, Member States and partners, co-developed a guidance to strengthen the medical oxygen ecosystem This guidance is intended to support with the development of an actionable plan for medical oxygen scale up, which should follow a clear methodology and elements for continuous monitoring and evaluating It consists in six
- The life-saving power of medical oxygen
Oxygen is an essential medicine used to care for patients at all levels of the healthcare system, including in surgery, trauma, heart failure, asthma, pneumonia and maternal and child care Pneumonia alone accounts for 800 000 deaths per year It is estimated that 20–40% of these deaths could be prevented with the availability of oxygen therapy
- Health products policy and standards
Different industries, including health systems, use oxygen in regular basis Oxygen in the market is available for industrial and medical use
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