Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
November 12, 2025 – Lifebox, the global non-profit making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide, has been announced as one of 80+ organizations that were awarded funding through Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global open call,…
October 23, 2025 – In a new chapter for global surgical safety, Lifebox, the global safer surgery and anesthesia nonprofit, elected two leading voices in global health, Professor Thomas G. Weiser and…
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…
We’re excited to open recruitment to our 6-month Fellowship at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania to start in February 2019. This is open to anaesthetic trainees (ST5 or above) or consultant anaesthetists (current or retired) keen…
The Lifebox-Students for Global Health scheme is about inspiring and leading medical students in educating others on the wider global surgery issues that may not be covered in their medical curriculums. As part of this, a group of reps from…
