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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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 –…
“I leave home early in the morning for surgery. I prefer using my bike to counter traffic jams and parking issues at the hospital. And as always, I take my bag with all my anaesthesia instruments with me – including…
You’re an active member of the InciSioN advocacy team, and the student global surgery movement. Why is it important for doctors of the future to be involved? Global surgery to me means improving timely access to…
Decades earlier, Professor Soyannwo’s son was born by emergency C-section, without oxygen monitoring. His brain was deprived of oxygen, and helives now with the long-term effects of prolonged hypoxia. Pulse oximetry monitoring could have changed his life. And…
Nous sommes donc très heureux d’avoir pu animer un débat d’idée durant le 33e congrès de la Société d’Anesthésie Réanimation de l’Afrique Noire Francophone (SARANF) à Libreville, Gabon autour du thème “Travailler avec Lifebox pour le renforcement de la sécurité…
On World Pneumonia Day, we spoke to him about this critical work – and its potential to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment of an infection killing nearly a million children a year. A…
