Scaling local oxygen SMEs
Helping local 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!”
We are increasing access to oxygen through the development of service-based models. This means that health facilities pay for Oxygen-as-a-Service (O2aaS), rather than paying for equipment only upfront, which often carries the ongoing burden of maintenance. O2aaS bundles essential components like clinical training, backup oxygen supply, and remote monitoring, ensuring 24/7 oxygen availability even during power outages. This reduces the reliance on health facilities to maintain equipment, and allows them to focus on patient care, knowing that oxygen will always be available.
In just a few years, our portfolio of pioneering businesses have already had remarkable results:
FREO2 maintained 100% oxygen uptime despite 215 electricity interruptions over a 3 month period in a trial hospital in Uganda. They’ve shown savings of 70% using their model.
As a result of HealthPort’s services, oxygen use has increased by 50-70% through improving supply reliability alone
ICChange & AFHIA saw a 49% drop in child mortality from hypoxemia from their intervention across 20 facilities in Uganda and reduced medical oxygen cylinder prices by 17%, whilst improving reliability, by cross-subsidising with industrial sales
Delivering access to oxygen using a service-based model can be sustained when the right procurement mechanisms are in place within health systems to pay for this service on an ongoing basis. We are also working with Ministries of Health in collaboration with O2aaS vendors and researchers to support the sustainable procurement of oxygen through service-based models.
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
Shaping medical oxygen procurement
With the Ministries of Health and our O2aaS partners in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda we are shaping procurement on local and national levels to increase the sustainability and efficiency of Oxygen-as-a-Service.
Kenya
We've partnered with the Ministries of Health in Busia and Homa Bay, and O2aaS partner CPHD.
Together we are integrating service-based approaches in Healthcare facilities budgeting and planning.
Nigeria
We're supporting exciting partnerships and opportunities in Nigeria - watch this space!
Uganda
We've partnered with the Ministry of Health, O2aaS partner FREO2 & UNICEF.
Together we are building evidence on FREO2's OxyLink system and understanding pathways to scale for oxygen service -based models in Uganda
Latest 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 In Underserved Communities -
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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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