Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
In an episode dedicated to safer surgery, we follow a story of dedication, innovation and improvement in Uganda. From an emergency Caesarean section in a referral hospital, to a pulse oximeter hand-delivered to a hospital in need, this is global…
Al Jazeera’s much-feted medical series The Cure brings science, society and the general public together on one small screen. And independent filmmaker, Daniel Nikolaison is regularly responsible for crafting The Cure stories that are true (without…
From the instant of publication in 2005, ‘Deaths Associated with Anaesthesia in Togo, West Africa’ was famous. We knew that anaesthesia in a low-resource setting could be dangerous – that without the equipment, support and training safety…
Caroline Kilduff is a recent graduate from Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry. She’s also a talented graphic designer, helping Lifebox with such visual feasts as our student toolkit, BMA volunteer…
The research put numeric handles on a previously ungraspable crisis, and they’ve been cited ever since – vital tools in the long-push to bring global surgery onto the global health agenda. Two other things to know about the Stanford surgeon…
Lifebox® and Uganda go way back – our very first distribution (and our very first blog!) It’s always exciting when we hear news from friends and colleagues there – particularly when they have stories…
Pioneer: “a person who is among the first to research and develop a new area of knowledge or activity.” This definition stood out as we received the news that Dr Takuo Aoyagi, a Senior Manager at Nihon…
Thanks to our MAKE IT 0® partners, we’re able to send equipment and training far and wide! Bhutan may be a long way from the office, but colleagues at the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) are a…
It’s been over a month since our second ever Lifebox Day which was held on Saturday 18 April. The day brought together medical professionals and trainees in the field of global surgery. Kohila…
We’re working with the Society of Anaesthesiologists of Tanzania (SATA), Life Support Foundation and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) to increase surgical safety for patients and anaesthesia providers in Tanzania. Dr Bronwyn…
