Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
A coalition of global health organizations have united to address a critical gap in anesthesia safety: the lack of capnography in low-resource settings, a situation that is putting countless lives at risk.
Global health organizations partner to urge health care systems globally, to include a capnograph as an essential anesthesia monitor for safer surgery in a capnography action letter.
In this month’s leading article on surgical innovation from JAMA Surgery, Lifebox Special Advisor and former trustee Thomas Weiser, MD, MPH, along with former Ethiopia Safe Surgery Fellow Jared Forrester, MD and our Global CEO Kris Torgeson, MSc, MPhil, delved…
If you’re keen to learn about global health and have 2-3 days available per week in the coming months, please consider applying for this exciting fixed-term post. PURPOSE OF ROLE To support the various administrative needs of our…
Founded in 2011 by four leading global health organizations and chaired by Dr. Atul Gawande, the organization utilizes tools, training, and partnerships to help improve the delivery of safe surgery globally. Lifebox’s flagship program developed a low-cost and low-resource-adapted pulse…
This is an exciting role whose purpose is to make sure Lifebox has the appropriate financial infrastructure in place to support our 3-year strategic vision and our mission. You will oversee the management and operation of our global finances and…
Tell us a bit about yourself – what’s your background, and why did you join the Lifebox team? I’m currently a general surgery resident at the University of California, San Francisco. After graduating from college and earning my Masters in…
How did you become passionate about promoting safe surgery and anesthesia? [EF] Five years ago this month I was fortunate start a Fellowship with the Lifebox Foundation, working to improve patient safety in global surgery and anesthesia…
Lifebox and our partner SPECT are looking for a volunteer to assist with an educational development project to support surgical instrument processing practices. The project involves developing teaching tools for inclusion in a modular toolkit for individuals in low and middle income countries,…
Whilst there have been improvements in health services and systems in the region, rural populations still have difficulty accessing basic health services. In Guatemala, it is estimated that basic health and nutrition services meet only 54% of the needs of…
The Lifebox-Students for Global Health University Representatives scheme is a unique opportunity for UK-based medical students to gain insight into the critical field of global surgery and health. I decided to join the programme to…
Cycling from London to China is a huge task, what inspired you to undertake such a challenge? Simon and I met in London three years ago. One of my earliest memories, is him telling me he was cycling from London…
