Kenya's Ministry of Health, led by Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, has launched over 10,000 oxygen equipment units under the Global Fund C19RM oxygen infrastructure project to enhance oxygen access across the country. These units, flagged off on Tuesday, October 4, are crucial for newborns and individuals with respiratory illnesses.

• The equipment includes 470 multiparameter patient monitors, 10,000 wall outlet flowmeters, and 612 oxygen analysers.
• Duale highlighted that this equipment will enhance early oxygen therapy for newborns and support patients with respiratory conditions like asthma and pneumonia.
• The project has already installed over 14 bulk oxygen tanks and delivered 1.2 million KG of liquid oxygen, leading to the development of ICUs in previously underserved regions such as West Pokot and Turkana.