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The Unsung Heroes in Surgical Safety

Ahead of International Nurses Day, it is crucial to spotlight the critical role of operating room nurses in ensuring surgical safety. Nurses are the backbone of successful surgical outcomes; they blend compassion and clinical expertise, managing every…

Lifebox features on the BBC

'One Crucial Piece of Equipment': Improving anesthesia monitoring with The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph.

Better partners for safer anaesthesia

The AAAC brings together anaesthesia providers from across the continent, and partners from around the world. But what makes a valuable partnership, and what are some concrete steps international groups can take to be most supportive in the next three…

Urgent recruitment: Lifebox Fellowship, Tanzania

The Fellowship will involve developing and delivering a sustainable and high-impact QI project in collaboration with local colleagues, in addition to taking part in delivery of anaesthesia care. Upon completion of the Fellowship, you can expect to have…

Urgent recruitment: Lifebox Fellowship, Tanzania

The Fellowship will involve developing and delivering a sustainable and high-impact QI project in collaboration with local colleagues, in addition to taking part in delivery of anaesthesia care. Upon completion of the Fellowship, you can expect to have completed the…

Safer anaesthesia in Papua New Guinea

One such partner is safe anaesthesia champion, Dr Arvin Karu from Papua New Guinea. He’s on mission, working with Lifebox: Australia and New Zealand, to equip every operating room and critical care ward across PNG with a…

Lifebox News – December Edition

Last month we… Ended the year with a word from Lifebox® Chair, Atul Gawande, on the magic of Lifebox. Find out how your contributions can help us make surgery and anaesthesia safer around the world.

Lifebox is hiring: Development Manager

Key relationships: Global CEO and Board; Development Advisory Council members; senior staff and external stakeholders Salary & benefits: Commensurate with experience + excellent benefits. INTRODUCTION Lifebox is a global non-profit organization registered in the United States and the…

Partnerships in PNG

Michael is a senior anaesthetist at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and St George Hospital, Kogarah, in Sydney. He’s also Chair of the Overseas Aid Committee for ANZCA, serves on the Overseas Development and Education Committee in…

Lifebox News – August Edition

Last month we… Launched our Global Impact Map – with 15,000 oximeters distributed and more than 100 training workshops delivered across six continents, you can see exactly where Lifebox is making a lifesaving difference.

Maternal health: a Kenyan journalist’s perspective

Namukabo Werungah is a health and science reporter from Nairobi with a passion for maternal health. We spoke to her at the recent General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA), following a side…

The Checklist Effect at Emory

Student groups who see global surgery in their future, OR teams curious to see how hospitals around the world are introducing the WHO Checklist, armchair travellers ready to rove from Uganda to Mongolia –…

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