Scaling local oxygen SMEs
Helping respiratory care SMEs develop oxygen service-based models that are affordable, reliable, sustainable & scalable
Folasade Fadare, Harvey Road Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
“As a hospital manager, I have many, many issues every day. Since HealthPort got here, oxygen is not one of them!”
Oxygen-as-a-Service
Operator's Guide
Practical Lessons for Delivering Sustainable Oxygen Services, drawn from five years of experience across three organisations in three countries
What is Oxygen-as-a-Service?
Health facilities pay for an ongoing oxygen service that guarantees oxygen availability from local providers who deliver the full solution including installation, maintenance, monitoring, consumables, and clinical training.
The impact we've made
In just a few years, our portfolio of respiratory care SMEs have already had remarkable results:
100%
FREO2 maintained 100% oxygen uptime despite 215 electricity interruptions over a 3 month period in a trial hospital in Uganda. They’ve shown cost savings of 70% using their model
50-70%
As a result of HealthPort’s services, oxygen use has increased by 50-70% through improving supply reliability alone
49%
ICChange & AFHIA saw a 49% drop in child mortality from Hypoxemia from their intervention across 20 facilities in Uganda. They’ve also reduced medical oxygen cylinder prices by 17%, by cross-subsidising with industrial sales
Our portfolio
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AFHIA
Solar-powered oxygen delivered through a hub & spoke model in Uganda
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CPHD
Tiered subscription service providing Oxygen-as-a-Service to facilities in Kenya
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HealthPort
On-site solar-powered oxygen generation and a hub-and-spoke cylinder distribution to facilities in Nigeria.
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FREO2
Shared cost model or subscription fee-based model providing O2aaS, alongside a hub-and-spoke maintenance model in Tanzania
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Sanrai
Providing oxygen-as-a-Service to facilities in India
Dr Carina King, co-author of the Lancet Global Commission on Medical Oxygen Security, and Oxygen CoLab's academic evaluation of O2aaS models
“We only saw flow splitters, backup oxygen systems, and age-appropriate pulse oximeters when they had been provided by the Oxygen-as-a-Service provider...the system for oxygen provision was more appropriate for the wards.”
For an academic take on O2aaS, explore the following:
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Defining oxygen delivery through service-based models
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Mixed method study of five O2aaS pilots
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Qualitative implementation assessment of five O2aaS pilots
Perspectives from us
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|LIVE|
Commercial lessons learnt from implementing Oxygen-as-a-Service -
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| SEPT 2024 |
Service-based models in oxygen — the benefits analysis -
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| NOV 2024 |
How O2aaS Providers Are Making Oxygen Access Reliable and Affordable through O2aaS -
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| MARCH 2025 |
Where is the funding? Supporting countries to identify potential resources to sustain oxygen operations -
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| FEB 2025 |
5 reflections on the Lancet Global Health Commission’s report on medical oxygen security -
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| AUG 2023 |
Learnings from the field: our Oxygen-as-a-Service portfolio
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