Helmsley 慈善信托投入 1830 万美元为埃塞俄比亚与加纳建医用氧系统：两笔三年期资助惠及约 6400 万人
Helmsley 慈善信托（The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust）宣布投入 1830 万美元，为埃塞俄比亚与加纳建设可靠的医用氧供应。受资助方克林顿健康倡议（Clinton Health Access Initiative）11 月 12 日发布、11 月 13 日更新的消息称，这笔投入预计让约 6400 万人能用上可靠的医用氧，服务肺炎治疗以及新生儿、孕产妇、急诊与外科护理。
资金以两笔三年期资助发放。埃塞俄比亚一笔为 890 万美元，在该信托此前工作的基础上推进，此前的工作连同其他捐助方已把 888 家医疗机构接入 23 座制氧厂，受支持机构提供氧疗的比例在 2023 年至 2026 年间从 59% 升到 100%。最新投入的目标是把供氧扩展到 1200 多家医疗机构，由 61 座制氧厂供氧，覆盖约 6000 万人。
加纳一笔为 940 万美元，将为四个服务不足、交通不便且疾病负担较重的地区，即博诺、博诺东、奥蒂与萨凡纳地区，建立枢纽辐射式供氧网络，覆盖 270 家医疗机构，惠及约 400 万人。
克林顿健康倡议表示，两笔资助将与两国卫生部合作，支持由政府主导的国家氧气系统，内容包括供应、受训人员、维护、数据与融资。加纳卫生服务局主导的前期评估发现，许多机构不自产氧气，依赖长途运来的氧气瓶，供应成本高且不稳定。
这组资助在 11 月 12 日世界肺炎日宣布。Helmsley 慈善信托是一家全球性慈善机构，克林顿健康倡议是一家在低收入与中等收入国家协助政府与私营部门强化卫生系统的全球健康组织，两家机构的性质均为民间非营利组织。
Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $18.3 Million for Medical Oxygen Systems in Ethiopia and Ghana: Two Three-Year Grants Reaching an Estimated 64 Million People
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has committed $18.3 million to bring reliable medical oxygen within reach of people in Ethiopia and Ghana. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), the recipient organization, said in a release dated November 12 and updated November 13 that the investment is expected to reach an estimated 64 million people, strengthening care for pneumonia patients and supporting newborn, maternal, emergency and surgical care.
The funding comes as two three-year grants. In Ethiopia, an $8.9 million grant builds on Helmsley's earlier work, which together with other donors has already connected 888 health facilities to 23 oxygen plants, and the share of supported facilities providing oxygen therapy rose from 59% to 100% between 2023 and 2026. The latest investment aims to expand oxygen access to more than 1,200 health facilities, served by 61 oxygen plants and reaching an estimated 60 million people.
In Ghana, a $9.4 million grant will establish a hub-and-spoke oxygen supply network for 270 health facilities across four underserved, hard-to-reach and high-burden regions, Bono, Bono East, Oti and Savannah, reaching an estimated four million people.
CHAI said the grants back government-led national oxygen systems built with the two countries' Ministries of Health, covering supply, trained staff, maintenance, data and financing. Initial assessments led by the Ghana Health Service, with support from CHAI and funding from Helmsley, found that many facilities do not produce their own oxygen and depend on cylinders brought in over long distances, making supply costly and unreliable.
The grants were announced on World Pneumonia Day, November 12. The Helmsley Charitable Trust is a global philanthropy, and CHAI is a global health organization that works with governments and the private sector in low- and middle-income countries to strengthen health systems; both are private nonprofit organizations.
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图片来源：图：医用液氧储罐。作者与授权：Sgroey，CC BY-SA 4.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: Liquid medical oxygen storage tanks. Credit: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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