Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
Dr. G. is a consultant anesthesiologist in Assam, India. They spoke with Lifebox on 28 March 2020 on Assam’s and India’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am a consultant anesthesiologist in Sivasagar, Assam, India. I have been associated…
Dr. Mary Nabukenya is lecturer at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and works as an anesthesiologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda. She has helped to lead many perioperative safety training courses for anesthesia providers throughout the country.
Dr. Faye Evans is an anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. As a Lifebox board member and member of Smile Train’s Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Evans has worked with anesthesia providers all over the world on safety and training programs. On…
In our original flagship programme, Lifebox procured a low-cost, low-resource adapted pulse oximeter, commonly referred to as the Lifebox Pulse Oximeter or simply the “Lifebox.” We have now distributed over 20,000 of these to more than 100 countries through a…
Julian Gore-Booth – CEO of the World Federation Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) – Anaesthesia – worth shouting about Dr. Mwemezi Kaino – Lifebox Champion – Global Health from Tanzania and Kenya Dr. Aaron Olurotimi –…
The arrival of September here in New England brings with it a chill in the morning air, a switch from drinking iced coffee to a hot pumpkin spiced latte, and fresh pies with lots of whipped cream, although not necessarily…
The ASA and Lifebox have had a long and successful partnership, what makes this year’s resident challenge so unique? The ASA-Lifebox relationship has become stronger and richer, substantially because of the sharing of staff support and on-line platforms…
Why did you choose to apply for and work with Lifebox for your residency fellowship? For my residency research time, I really wanted to work with an academic global surgery group that would give me the opportunity…
Dr Andrew Hill – The outgoing Society President of ISS/SIC and World Congress of Surgery President 2019 – on WCS 2019 and supporting Lifebox Dr Kathleen Casey Surgeon and Secretary, Executive Committee The G4 Alliance, outgoing President of…
1.) Why should people invest in safer surgery and anesthesia? In countries with advanced healthcare systems, we are very privileged and sheltered from the reality of most of the world’s population, who still don’t have access to safe surgery and…
