Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security

Executive summary<br/>“Oxygen delayed is life denied,” COVID-19 survivor, Kenya<br/><br/>Medical oxygen is an essential medicine that has been in clinical use for over 150 years. It is required at every level of the healthcare system for children and adults with a wide range of acute and chronic conditions, and for safe surgery and perioperative care, and must be available to all who need it. The COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on the longstanding inequities in access to medical oxygen globally, and the importance of this lifesaving therapy to people of all ages and in every part of the world. It was against this backdrop that the Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security was launched in 2022 – to synthesise…