With 2 million patients and 20,000 hospitals and clinics served worldwide, Air Liquide is a major player in the healthcare sector. Working alongside patients, professionals and hospitals, we aim to improve patients’ quality of life and contribute to a more efficient health system. Our employees’ mobilization during the Covid crisis has shown we can take on increasing responsibility in this area.
Improving the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases at home
In Home Healthcare, Air Liquide takes care of patients with chronic conditions, such as respiratory diseases and diabetes. Working with healthcare professionals and caregivers, we are committed to improving patients’ quality of life by raising disease awareness, educating and empowering patients, identifying the outcomes that matter most to them, and personalizing services to their conditions and lifestyles.
Facilitating access to medical oxygen in low- and middle-income countries
Access to medical oxygen is a basic requirement for any healthcare system. However, more than half of the world's population does not have access to it1. Air Liquide has leveraged its expertise in medical gases to create Access OxygenTM, a social impact program to provide people in low- and middle-income countries with reliable and affordable access to medical oxygen. Access OxygenTM is an innovative oxygen therapy solution adapted to the rural and suburban healthcare structures in these countries. It includes the equipment needed to deliver oxygen to a patient, a training program for healthcare workers using digital tools, and a maintenance service.
In order to build a sustainable and affordable medical oxygen supply infrastructure, Air Liquide seeks and brings together:
- International donors who fund the equipment and the service
- Local operators who implement Access OxygenTM and charge rural health facilities for the service at an affordable rate
- Air Liquide teams, which provide support for the deployment of the Access OxygenTM technical solution
Since the program's launch in 2017, more than 2.7 million people are living in areas where the Access OxygenTM program was deployed (Senegal, South Africa, Kenya and Mali). 300 healthcare centers have benefited from the Access OxygenTM program and 1,800 healthcare professionals have been trained.
1 The Lancet Global Health. "Reducing Global Inequities in Medical Oxygen Access: The Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security." Vol. 13, no. 3 (2025)
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