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
Your input will help guide Lifebox’s next steps and shape the future of our work to make surgery safer for patients around the world. So without further ado – please take and share the survey below! Or complete it…
What appealed to you about Lifebox, and why did you want to join the team? In my matching process with ServiceCorps, I was immediately attracted to Lifebox for two reasons. One, the highly focused mission of the…
How did the operating room teams manage with only one pulse oximeter between them? It was a question of who had the sickest patient. Staring at the schedule you’d say, “Who’s in the ICU?” or, “We’ve got a really sick…
It’s Friday 10th of February and for the first time this year I didn’t wake up in Bristol to a cold, dark world of dustbin men and frozen windscreens. Instead I woke up to the sound of the mosque at…
We are looking to recruit an exceptional anaesthetist (anaesthesiologist) to undertake a Fellowship at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Northern Tanzania. The Fellowship will involve developing and delivering a sustainable and high-impact QI project in collaboration with local colleagues,…
Launched in 2016, the Lifebox-Medisin Rep Scheme is where student activism meets global action – offering the opportunity for students to gain valuable skills while helping Lifebox to make surgery and anaesthesia safer worldwide. . We’re looking for three UK-based…
It marks this year’s Small Charity Week, which celebrates the essential contributions made by small charities across the U.K. As a small charity with a big impact, we hope this action-packed resource will help you to help…
As we look towards the future of Lifebox, we’re grateful to so many friends and partners helping us along the way. And we love it when they ask good questions! This month the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (…
American anaesthesiologist, Dr Gregory Sund is on a mission to help bring Lifebox pulse oximeters to every hospital in Burundi. We caught up with him recently and this is what we learned. What motivated you to support Lifebox? I was…
We’re making it even easier for programmes to get involved, with an official starter kit. It’s packed with fundraising resources to help you on your way. Now in its fourth year, this amazing competition…
