The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated 900 oxygen cylinders with regulators and humidifiers to the Minister of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in Sierra Leone, Africa to fulfil a heightened demand for medical oxygen.
As with many low and middle income countries (LMICs) across the world, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaps across health systems in both oxygen supply and production.
Capable of holding 40 litres of oxygen per cylinder, the total cost of the donation came to more than $200,000 (£160,000) and could represent an important step in the provision of nationwide oxygen in hospitals.
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