A new type of oxygen generation system developed by US independent space agency NASA could be set to help meet the surge in global oxygen demand triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hospitals across the jungle city of Manaus, Brazil, were reported to have run out of oxygen early last year, sending Covid-19 death rates and case numbers soaring.
Considered one of the main epicentres of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years, Latin America saw oxygen supply crises occur across multiple countries, including Peru, Brazil, and Colombia.
As digitisation of industry continues to evolve, key healthcare sectors such as telemedicine have seen rapid advances. During the Covid-19 pandemic, face-to-face appointments between a patient and a healthcare professional were far and few between....
To help provide essential healthcare to the 80% of people worldwide who live in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), steps must be taken by global industry to develop, scale up, and supply health products.
International aid organisation Unitaid has invested tens of millions of dollars to accelerate lifesaving testing and treatment solutions for Covid-19.
To help scale-up the undoubtedly critical humanitarian aspect of the medical oxygen supply chain, an unavoidable fact is that business and commercial interests must also be considered. Without investment from public and private stakeholders, the...
Skyrocketing demands for medical oxygen dominated headlines during the worst of the pandemic. With low and middle income countries (LMICs) seemingly hardest-hit, question marks were raised over the global preparedness – or lack thereof –...
Oxygen monographs are used to provide healthcare facilities with a framework for the production of oxygen. With the Covid-19 pandemic exposing weaknesses in not only the medical oxygen supply chain, but also existing technology, new...
NASA, NOVAIR, Air Liquide and Dohmeyer are among the latest names to have joined the mega programme of speakers for gasworld’s Medical Gases Virtual Event 2022 next week.
