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
What global surgery experience did you have before starting your Lifebox Fellowship? At the end of my medical school training I wanted to see what surgery was like elsewhere – my experience had only been in the United States. I…
Month 1: Before I get started, let me introduce myself. I’m Nick (on the right) the Lifebox Fellow: AKA an ST6 Anaesthetic Trainee in The Central London School of Anaesthesia (TCLSA) undertaking an Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) in the…
And here we are! Delighted to announce that Lifebox is returning to the Windy City for ANESTHESIOLOGY 2016 later this month. We’ve been around the world and back (several times!) since our last visit, with safer…
Last month we… Returned to the international anaesthesia stage, with a consultation, education sessions, and our founder and chair Atul Gawande giving the keynote address at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Hong Kong…
At Lifebox we’re proud to be part of the history of safer surgery and anaesthesia – and to be passionate advocates for its future. So we were delighted to join some of the movement’s strongest allies in New York this…
We’re so delighted that our call to action was answered and we will be hosting our first event with our first ever group of Lifebox-Medsin reps on Saturday 24 September. We know that students are the future of global surgery…
And they’re using it to launch a very glamorous fundraising effort for Lifebox… To mark the 75th Diamond Jubilee of the ASA National Scientific Congress, the society is raffling a diamond pendant with all proceeds going to Lifebox. The draw will take…
And global surgery isn’t just an operation happening ‘over there’ – it’s the appropriate infrastructure, partnerships, political will and shared commitment to making this essential component of universal health coverage truly universal. Lifebox is thrilled to be part of one such partnership…
But he’s at home on a mountain bike, powering up one of Namibia’s seven giant hills. He’s at home in the kitchen with his family, while his daughter asks questions about tomato-chopping techniques. And he’s at home in the Operating…
Our work in Central America began in 2011, with large-scale oximetry distributions and training workshops across the region. In 2018, with the support of the IZUMI Foundation, and in coordination with the anesthesia societies of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and…
