A podcast conversation on the journey of medical oxygen from production to patient - part of the Follow the Thing podcast series
About this event:
Towards Universal Access to Medical Oxygen
Join the meeting at 18:00 GMT Nov 18th: Join here
Convened by the Mobile Medical Materials working group with a panel of oxygen specialists facilitated by Stephanie Sodero (HCRI, University of Manchester) / November 2021
With scenes of oxygen shortages from Peru to Nepal and India, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many to consider the mobilities of oxygen. Where is oxygen produced? How does it get from the point of production to the patient? What challenges and inequities are entailed?
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, the Mobile Medical Materials working group is convening a panel of oxygen specialists from the WHO, PATH and the University of Manchester to shed light on the inner workings of medical oxygen supply chains and how universal oxygen access can be achieved.
The event will be an accessible introduction to the challenges of oxygen supply, aimed at the general public, students, allied health professionals and those working in the field. There will be an audience Q&A.
The panel event will be edited into a podcast as part of 'Follow the Thing' series.
Porfolio certificates will be provided for medical students.
Dr. Janet Victoria Diaz (she/hers) is the Network leader of the Case Management Team in Health Care Readiness Unit, at the World Health Organisation. Janet’s medical training is in intensive care and pulmonary medicine. In Janet’s role at WHO Janet leads the clinical management response and preparedness to high-threat infectious disease outbreaks. Janet’s team is also developing clinical guidance and tools, including access to oxygen, accelerating clinical research and innovation on characterization and management, and hosting WHO Clinical Data Platform and clinical operational support to member states.
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Dr Nimesh Dhungana (He/Him) is a Lecturer in Disasters and Global Health at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester. As an interdisciplinary disaster and global health researcher, Nimesh’s research concerns the political possibilities and challenges of youth-led, bottom-up activism in constructing alternative narratives of care, accountability, and justice in the wake of disasters, including the Covid-19 pandemic in Nepal. His previous research has looked at the processes and impacts of community mobilisation in preventing HIV infection among female sex workers in southern India. Nimesh was a post-doctoral fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His PhD research, completed in 2019 from LSE, used ethnographic and interview data to examine the politics of citizen participation and accountability following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.
Speakers
Dr Nimesh Dhungana
Biography: Nimesh (He/Him) is a Lecturer in Disasters and Global Health at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester. As an interdisciplinary disaster and global health researcher, Nimesh’s research concerns the political possibilities and challenges of youth-led, bottom-up activism in constructing alternative narratives of care, accountability, and justice in the wake of disasters, including the Covid-19 pandemic in Nepal. His previous research has looked at the processes and impacts of community mobilisation in preventing HIV infection among female sex workers in southern India. Nimesh was a post-doctoral fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His PhD research, completed in 2019 from LSE, used ethnographic and interview data to examine the politics of citizen participation and accountability following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.
Dr. Alex Rothkopf
Biography: Alex (he/his)is a Supply Chain Management and Data Science Consultant at PATH’s Market Dynamics Team. His research, policy advisory and consulting work focuses on supply chains in global health and disaster response in low-and-middle-income countries. Alex uses data and advanced data science models to provide insights to global health organizations. His analyses have changed organizations’ strategies and operations management approaches, resulting in lower cost, more people served, and better preparedness against uncertain events. Previously, he worked at the Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as the Founder and Lead of the Global Health Supply Chain Research Group at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg.
Dr. Janet Victoria Diaz
Biography: Janet (she/hers) is the Network leader of the Case Management Team in Health Care Readiness Unit, at the World Health Organisation. Janet’s medical training is in intensive care and pulmonary medicine. In Janet’s role at WHO Janet leads the clinical management response and preparedness to high-threat infectious disease outbreaks. Janet’s team is also developing clinical guidance and tools, including access to oxygen, accelerating clinical research and innovation on characterization and management, and hosting WHO Clinical Data Platform and clinical operational support to member states.
