Medical oxygen needs to reach another billion people
Despite record spending on oxygen infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic, vast swathes of sub-Saharan Africa remain without reliable access to medical oxygen.
Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plants meant to boost supply often sit idle, crippled by power cuts, broken parts and a lack of trained personnel.
For many rural clinics, oxygen cylinders arrive only sporadically, if at all, having been carried hundreds of kilometres by diesel trucks.
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