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
Offering students with a passion for global surgery opportunities to engage and lead in this critical and emerging field. Through hosting and attending events, spreading the word on campus and raising funds to support Lifebox’s safer surgery work around the…
With extensive international experience and being fluent in English, French and Spanish, Violeta is well placed to support Lifebox’s global reach. So we couldn’t wait to learn more… What interested you about Lifebox as an organization and as a…
Lifebox has a long history of working with partners across the Francophone world, most recently in Burkina Faso to Guinea and Niger. Local leadership, expertise – and of course a common…
I started my very engaging and interesting trip to India from Hyderabad, a city in Telangana, where Lifebox donated pulse oximeters for the very first SAFE Paediatric course to take place in India. From Hyderabad I quickly…
Boston holds a special place in our hearts as our co-founders Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, along with so many of our council members and…
As the first country affected by the Ebola virus in 2014, the Republic of Guinea’s weakened public health infrastructure is still recovering from the devastating impact of this epidemic. Today, the country has less than…
As a final year at medical school in the UK, one of the required reflections for my surgical rotation is on the use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. I observed the Checklist’s use in theatre…
Here we learn more about his mission – “safe anaesthesia equals safer surgery.” Can you talk about some of the challenges that anaesthesia providers face in delivering safe surgical care in your region? If you see today’s…
Last month we… Welcomed Mansi Tara to the Lifebox team – she’ll be leading our work in South Asia, with a particular focus on India. Interviewed Joon Yoo, our ServiceCorps fellow and second-newest Lifebox team member. Participated…
Over the last few months, I have been volunteering for Lifebox to map the distribution of their lifesaving piece of equipment – the pulse oximeter. Their new interactive map plots…
