WHO is hosting a virtual workshop series to introduce practical and applicable knowledge for Member States and partners to expand on or develop costed national oxygen scale-up plans.
Throughout the series, participants will engage with topical and thematic experts and learn from countries with experience in national medical oxygen ecosystem planning.
Background
The WHO Clinical Management and Operations Unit, Country Readiness Strengthening Department of the World Health Emergencies Programme, held the National Oxygen Scale-Up Framework Meeting: Road to Oxygen in Dakar, Senegal, from 14–16 May 2024. The meeting convened Member States and partners to reach consensus on the necessary components of a costed national medical oxygen template to guide plan development. The final meeting report can be found here.
▸ Workshop 1: Getting started - Establishing a task force and developing a work plan
26 November 2024, 1:30–3:00 PM CET (1.5 hrs)
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30–1:35 | Welcome and opening | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
| 1:35–1:40 | Housekeeping and agenda | Jacob Goldberg, WHO |
| 1:40–1:50 | Session 1: Multistakeholder landscape | Leith Greenslade, EBC |
| 1:50–2:20 | Session 2: Oxygen task force | Dr Habtamu Seyoum Tolla, UNICEF |
| 2:20–2:50 | Session 3: Developing a work plan | Noelia Solares, MSPAS Guatemala & Manuel Córdova, CHAI |
| 2:50–3:00 | Closing remarks | Jacob Goldberg, WHO |
▸ Workshop 2: Identifying the need gap - Approaches to the quantification of oxygen ecosystem requirements
3 December 2024, 1:30–3:30 PM CET (2 hrs)
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30–1:35 | Welcome and opening | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
| 1:35–1:40 | Housekeeping and agenda | Connie McDonough-Thayer, WHO |
| 1:40–2:00 | Session 1: Estimating your medical oxygen need | Dr Carina King, Karolinska Institutet; Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security |
| 2:00–2:45 | Session 2a: Identifying the need-gap: simulation | Adriana Velazquez Berumen, WHO Ayush Gupta, University of Chicago MPP student |
| 2:45-3:25 | Session 2b: Identifying the need-gap: country quantification panel Q&A | Dr Prakash Budhathoky, MOH Nepal Dr Khamsay Detleuxay, MOH Lao PDR Nicole Laville, Dominica Hospitals Authority Dr Bev Bradley, UNICEF Henry Frimpong Amoakwa, Biomedical Engineer, Ghana |
| 3:25-3:30 | Closing remarks | Connie McDonough-Thayer, WHO |
▸ Workshop 3: The enabling environment - Regulations, standards, policies and guidelines for the medical oxygen ecosystem
26 February 2025, 1:30-3:05 pm CET (1.5 hrs)
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30-1:40 | Welcome and opening | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
| 1:40-1:45 | Housekeeping and agenda | Gene Saxon, WHO |
| 1:45-2:35 | Session 1: Regulations and standards Theory Country spotlight: Papua New Guinea | Sunday Kisoma, WHO Mr Dum Reedius Iwa, National Department of Health, Papua New Guinea |
| 2:35-2:50 | Session 2: Policy and guidelines Theory | Dr Habtamu Seyoum Tolla, UNICEF |
| 2:50-3:00 | Session 3: Lancet Commission Report Highlights and recommendations for the enabling environment | Freddy Kitutu, Makerere University |
| 3:00-3:05 | Closing remarks | Gene Saxon, WHO |
▸ Workshop 4: Health workforce - Building cross-functional teams to support oxygen systems
6 March 2025, 1:30-3:00 pm CET
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30-1:35 | Welcome and opening | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
| 1:35-1:40 | Housekeeping and agenda | Gene Saxon, WHO |
| 1:40-1:45 | Session 1: Health workforce context | Laura Alejandra Velez Ruiz Gaitan, WHO |
1:45-2:25 | Session 2: Health workforce planning & integration |
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| 2:25-2:50 | Session 3: Country case-study Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population | Er Asish Chauhan, Nepal MoHP |
| 2:50-2:55 | Session 4: Professional Associations | Prof Leandro Pecchia, IFMBE |
| 2:55-3:00 | Closing remarks | Gene Saxon, WHO |
▸ Workshop 5: Technical and operational planning - Considerations for continued, safe oxygen access
Part 1: 11 March 2025, 1:30-3:00 pm CET
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30-1:35 | Welcome and opening | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
| 1:35-1:40 | Housekeeping and agenda | Gene Saxon, WHO |
| 1:40-1:45 | Session 1: Holistic system planning | Laura Alejandra Velez Ruiz Gaitan, WHO |
| 1:45-1:55 | Session 2: Oxygen in fragile contexts Case-study on Yemen | Khalil Abdulsalam, ICRC |
| 2:55-2:20 | Session 3: Country case-study Zambia’s Ministry of Health oxygen strategy | Tiyezye Joseph Mphande, Zambia MOH |
| 2:20-2:55 | Session 4: Electrification panel | Layla (Laura) Kwong, UC Berkley Noah Mataruse, UNICEF Fiona Merali, UNOPS Fetnah Ramirez, BioMec Consoltores |
| 2:55-3:00 | Closing remarks | Gene Saxon, WHO |
Part 2: 13 March 2025, 1:30-3:00 pm CET
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30-1:35 | Welcome and opening | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
| 1:35-1:40 | Housekeeping and agenda | Gene Saxon, WHO |
| 1:40-1:45 | Session 1: Holistic operational needs | Laura Alejandra Velez Ruiz Gaitan, WHO |
| 1:45-2:10 | Session 2: Country case study Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais – Haiti | Jim Ansara, BHI Jimmy Forest, BHI |
| 2:10-2:20 | Session 3: Program spotlight Oxygen as a service – Kenya | Bernard Olayo, HewaTele |
| 2:20-2:55 | Session 4: Spares & supply chain panel | Benoît-Pierre Ligot, Humatem Chimwemwe Tiyesi, GHII / OpenO2 Henri Chevrel, Access Oxygen Mourad Mohammed Benosman, ServyMed |
| 2:55-3:00 | Closing remarks | Gene Saxon, WHO |
▸ Workshop 6: Costing and financing - Resource mobilization and funding strategies for oxygen plan activities
Part 1: 18 March 2025, 1:30-3:00 pm CET
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30-1:35 | Welcome and opening | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
| 1:35-1:40 | Housekeeping and agenda | Gene Saxon, WHO |
| 1:40-2:00 | Session 1: S.M.A.R.T. and Strategic Costing Considerations for oxygen scale-up plans | Dr Jean Claude Mugunga, Partners In Health |
| 2:00-2:30 | Session 2: Country case study MOH Tanzania’s costed scale-up strategy | Dr Erick Richard, MOH Tanzania |
| 2:30-2:55 | Session 3: Costing tool spotlight - Nigeria Adapting and contextualizing the WHO TCO tool | Divine Anunobi, CHAI |
| 2:55-3:00 | Closing remarks | Gene Saxon, WHO |
Part 2: 19 March 2025, 1:30-3:00 pm CET
| Time (CET) | Session | Presenter |
| 1:30-1:40 | Welcome and opening | Dr Mike Ryan, WHO |
| 1:40-1:45 | Housekeeping and agenda | Gene Saxon, WHO |
| 1:45-2:00 | Session 1: Country case-study – Malawi National medical oxygen ecosystem roadmap financial planning | Dr Owen Malema, MOH Malawi |
| 2:00-2:15 | Session 2: Make the best of your capital asset investment project | Dr Gwen Dhaene, WHO |
| 2:15-2:25 | Session 3: Sustaining operations of capital investments | Jim Stunkel, Assist International |
| 2:25-2:35 | Session 4: Where’s the funding? Identifying potential resources to sustain oxygen operations | Jason Houdek, Oxygen CoLab |
| 2:35-2:45 | Session 5: Bringing it all together Financial planning for medical oxygen systems | Dr Neily Zakiyah, Universitas Padjadjaran |
| 2:45-2:55 | Q&A | |
| 2:55-3:00 | Closing remarks | Dr Janet Diaz, WHO |
Participants
Participants will include ministry of health representatives, partner organizations and other interested parties wishing to further their knowledge and gain practical insights on developing costed national medical oxygen scale-up plans.
Participants are encouraged to attend all workshops in the series.
Geographic representation of workshop participants
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To see geographic representation for individual workshops, click here.
Languages
The workshops will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation for Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish
For more information and registration questions, please contact: oxygen@who.int.