Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
In 2007, I embarked on a transformative journey as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia, assigned to monitor and evaluate HIV/AIDS services for a government office. Little did I know that this seemingly random assignment would blossom into a 17-year…
At Lifebox, we recognize that safer surgery saves lives—and that women are a vital part of this mission. Women play a significant role in surgical teams worldwide, whether as surgeons and anesthesiologists performing life-saving procedures, or nurses providing essential…
Clean cut in Honduras
Dr. Yifru on working where equipment is limited and the difference a capnograph makes for patients
SINGAPORE- March 6, 2024 – In a significant move to improve safety for millions of people undergoing surgery each year, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, Smile Train, and…
Lifebox events at WCA addressing global access to capnography with Smile Train and WFSA
New Lifebox publication in BJS on antibiotic use in low-resource setting surgery
Lifebox footprints of progress for safer surgery and anesthesia in 2023
Published in JAMA Surgery, Clean Cut results achieve a 34% relative risk reduction of surgical site infection
Lifebox and COAST light up operating rooms worldwide with the Lifebox Light: a low-cost, high quality headlight to make surgery safer in low-resource operating rooms
Smile Train-Lifebox tackle major gap in anesthesia safety in low-resource setting operating rooms with a high quality, affordable capnograph
Supporting patients with long bone fracture in Malawi with the Lifebox Clean Cut program to reduce surgical infection in orthopedic patients
Dr. Renda Suleman on the transformation and immediate impact of capnography on patient care
