Resources Library

Country spotlights

• Afghanistan 2020
• Angola 2020
• Bangladesh 2019; 2020
• Chad (English) 2020; (French) 2020
• DRC (English) 2019; 2020; (French) 2019; 2020

Child Health Spotlights Save the Children/UNICEF

• Ethiopia 2019; 2020
• India 2019; 2020
• Indonesia 2019; 2020
• Kenya 2019; 2020
• Mali (English) 2020; (French) 2020

• Niger (English) 2020; (French) 2020
• Nigeria 2019; 2020
• Pakistan 2020
• Somalia 2019; 2020
• South Sudan 2019; 2020

Country Best Practices

Democratic Republic of Congo
Availability of Oxygen and Biomedical Equipment in Health Facilities:  Kinshasa, DRC, Facility Survey Report, PATH, April 2021
Reimagining Technical Assistance for MNCH and Health System Strengthening in the DRC, in French; Ministry of Health
Reimagining Technical Assistance: Critical Shifts to Enable Strengthened Capacity & Better Health Outcomes, Ministry of Health

Ethiopia
Implementation Guide for non-COVID-19 essential services in Ethiopia during Covid-19 pandemic, Ministry of Health, June 2020
Summary Findings of the Inventory Assessment for Biomedical Equipment for COVID-19 Case Management in Ethiopia, July 2020
Accelerating Access and Equity to Oxygen Supply in COVID-19 and Beyond, Ministry of Health, September 2020
Leveraging COVID-19 Equipment Investments for long-term improvements, Experience from Ethiopia, Ministry of Health, October 2021
How to design and implement national oxygen roadmaps – Case study from Ethiopia, January 2022
National Medical Oxygen and Pulse Oximetry Scale Up Road Map (2016-2021), Ministry of Health

India
Blueprint for a National Oxygen Grid in India, USAID, BMGF, RISE, Swasth, October 2022

Kenya
Technical Review of Oxygen Supply, Ministry of Health, August 2020
Oxygen Availability for COVID-19, Ministry of Health, July 2020

Lao PDR
Lao PDR’s Experience Managing COVID-19, Ministry of Health, November 2020

Liberia
National Roadmap to Increase Access to Medical Oxygen in Liberia, 2021-2024, Ministry of Health
Liberia Oxygen Assessment (2021) 

Malawi
Malawi National Medical Oxygen Ecosystem Roadmap, 2021-2026, Ministry of Health, October 2021
Biomedical Equipment for COVID-19 Case Management: Malawi Facility Survey Report, PATH
From production to patient: A roadmap to strengthen oxygen access in Malawi, PATH

Nigeria
Pneumonia Control Strategy (also see blog), Ministry of Health
National Policy on Medical Oxygen in Health Facilities, Ministry of Health
National Strategy for Scale up of Medical Oxygen in Health Facilities, Ministry of Health

Pakistan
Biomedical Equipment Survey, WHO, Pakistan

Rwanda
Closing the Oxygen Gap, Rwanda Biomedical Centre

Senegal
Biomedical Equipment for COVID-19 Case Management: Senegal Facility Survey Report, PATH, April 2021

Uganda
National Scale-up of Medical Oxygen Implementation Plan 2018-22, Ministry of Health

Vietnam
Closing gaps in oxygen access and respiratory care, PATH with Ministry of Health

Zambia
Biomedical Equipment for COVID-19 Case Management: Zambia COVID-19 Treatment Facility Survey Report, PATH, May 2021
Oxygen Summit Report, PATH
Zambia National Medical Oxygen Strategic Plan, 2022-26, Ministry of Health

Press releases

• Media release on World Pneumonia Day
• EBC statement on Racial Equality

Video resources

• Masimo/United4Oxygen Alliance:  view video
• ZMQ/Philips video India – Beloved Munna (प्यारा मुन्ना) (new campaign to educate mothers): view video
• “la Caixa” foundation + UNICEF: view video
• McCann Global Health – teaching video:  view video
• HO2PE: Oxygen gives life – campaign resources:  view video
• Philips India campaign video to educate parents:  view video
• Here’s Why Pneumonia Is Still So Deadly – Videos – Seeker:  view video

Oxygen resources

• Access to Medical Oxygen Roundtables – 25 September 2020, 9 December 2020, 9 June 2021 – Access to Medicine Foundation & Every Breath Counts
• Oxygen therapy for children: A key tool in reducing deaths from pneumonia, Paediatric Pulmonology, 21 January 2020
• CHAI & MCRI Access to Medical Oxygen 100&Change Proposal, EBC letter of support
• Oxygen is Essential: A Policy & Advocacy Primer, PATH
• Access to Oxygen (A2O2) Resource Library, PATH
• Oxygen System Planning Tool, UNICEF
• Highlights from the United4Oxygen Alliance’s work in Ethiopia and Nigeria
• Nepal – Improving newborn and paediatric quality of care, UNICEF
• Fixing broken oxygen equipment in Tanzania, PATH
• Creating Sustainable Oxygen Supply and Improving Oxygen Access During India’s COVID-19 Crisis, PATH
• Best practice: Oxygen Tender RFP (Annex 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 5, 6), USAID
• Equitable Access to Oxygen: Sustaining COVID-19 investments to protect newborns and children fighting for breath, Save the Children, PATH, UNICEF 

Childhood Pneumonia Evidence Reviews, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute & University of Melbourne

•  Systematic review on the impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ten valent (PCV10) or thirteen valent (PCV13) on all-cause, radiologically confirmed and severe pneumonia hospitalisation rates and pneumonia mortality in children 0-9 years old,  2023
• What are the risk factors for death among children with pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review. 2023
• The impact of the introduction of ten- or thirteen-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on antimicrobial-resistant pneumococcal disease and carriage: A systematic literature review. 2023
• Can child pneumonia in low-resource settings be treated without antibiotics? A systematic review & meta-analysis. 2022.
• The utility of chest x-ray and lung ultrasound in the management of infants and children presenting with severe pneumonia in low-and middle-income countries: A pragmatic scoping review, 2022
• Slow progress towards pneumonia control for children in low-and-middle income countries as measured by pneumonia indicators: A systematic review of the literature, 2022
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for severe pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of contextual factors, 2022.
• A systematic review of clinical, epidemiological and demographic predictors of tuberculosis in children with pneumonia, 2022
• A systematic review of the clinical features of pneumonia in children aged 5-9 years; implications for guidelines and research, 2022
• Review of the role of additional treatments including oseltamivir, oral steroids, macrolides, and vitamin supplementation for children with severe pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries, 2022.
• Systematic review of the clinical outcomes of pneumonia with a penicillin-group resistant pneumococcus in respiratory and blood culture specimens in children in low- and middle-income countries. 2022
• Quality of care for children with acute respiratory infections in health facilities: A comparative analysis of assessment tools. 2022
• Aetiology of childhood pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries in the era of vaccination: a systematic review. 2022
• Childhood pneumonia in humanitarian emergencies in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review. 2022

Financing Pneumonia

Sizing Up Pneumonia Investment, University of Southhampton, 2018
Trends in International Development Assistance to combat Pneumonia, Development Initiatives, September 2020