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
When you were growing up what did you want to be? When I was growing up I wanted to be doctor. Just like any child, I wanted to be doctor but didn’t know the reason, as time went by, my…
When you were growing up what did you want to be? I wanted to be a medical doctor. What motivated you to become an anaesthetist? When I was a medical student in 5th grade I started to go to the…
We’re inspired by this year’s IWD theme ‘Be Bold For Change,’ as it aligns with our mission to make safer surgery a global reality, and we’re excited to shine a spotlight on the women who are boldly…
What’s she talking about…? We’ve worked in Zimbabwe since 2012, supporting health workers with essential equipment and training. So we’re excited to be back in Harare this week, delivering life-saving safe anaesthesia and WHO Surgical Safety Checklist training – and…
The tropical country of Guatemala lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and is Central America’s most populated country. It has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in Latin America as well as the continent’s youngest…
ASiT is a longtime friend of Lifebox, committed to safer surgery on a global scale – with recent skills courses in Rwanda and some very exciting news about their upcoming annual congress. We’re delighted to confirm that…
We caught up with the President of SMAR, Professor Ahmed El Adib and here’s what we learned. Tell us more about SMAR We were established in 1984 and we currently have around 400 members. Morocco has more than 600…
“It was a picture of a caesarean section, carried out by torchlight in a Mongolian ger using a Lifebox pulse oximeter, that got me, a London-based freelance journalist, a commission to spend a week in that country in October last…
Stories about global surgery and environment-appropriate technology aren’t as rare as they used to be. Thankfully, journalists – from online tech platforms like Techonomy to media institutions like the Wall Street Journal –…
Last November in Khulna, the third-largest city in Bangladesh, we set out to train a maximum of 24 doctors. Thanks to incredible work from our faculty, three from Dhaka and two from the U.K., we ended up delivering essential education…
