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A global non-profit tackling the unsafe surgery crisis
Lifebox’s commitments to address neocolonialism and improve equity within our organization
Lifebox recognizes our role as an organization working within a global health system that operates in – and in many ways reinforces – inequalities. Neocolonialism, and the structural inequities this causes, impacts all aspects of the system – from research, education and training opportunities, to access to funding and priority-setting.
Lifebox is strongly committed to addressing inequities both within our organization and in the global surgery community. We have set ambitious goals for investing in staff, leadership, and innovation in the regions where we work to reduce our footprint in high-income countries.
Kris Torgeson, and the Lifebox team
Lifebox is a founding member of Transformational Dialogues – a broad coalition of individuals and organizations from the global surgery community working to identify and address issues of neocolonialism and inequities in global surgery through dialogue, events, and research.
A global non-profit tackling the unsafe surgery crisis
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