Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
On this World Health Day, the call to act “Together for health. Stand with science” reminds us that better health outcomes do not come from good intentions alone. They come from using evidence, strengthening systems, and supporting health workers to…
November 12, 2025 – Lifebox, the global non-profit making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide, has been announced as one of 80+ organizations that were awarded funding through Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global open call,…
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…
Last month we… Introduced our new global CEO, Kris Torgeson. Kris is a former Secreatry General of MSF International, and we’re excited to start work with her this month. See her in action…
We understand you’re busy – so are we! If you haven’t had time to check in with Lifebox lately, here’s where you can get caught up. Welcome to the January #LifeboxNews: highlights from a busy month and…
This powerful feature-length documentary about surgical safety on a global scale, was produced with the support of our partners around the world, it’s seen festivals and screens from Boston to Mombasa and we’re thrilled to welcome it back to London…
