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
The 19th ASEAN Congress of Anaesthesiology (ACA) opens today, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia – and thanks to friends both local and in the region, Lifebox is proud to play a part. We know that education is essential for…
We recently caught up with safer surgery advocate Dr Sohel Ahmed, former President of the Sudanese Doctors Union of Ireland (SDUI) to discuss the organisation’s work in supporting anaesthesia providers in the country, and this is what we learned. What…
Al Jazeera’s much-feted medical series The Cure brings science, society and the general public together on one small screen. And independent filmmaker, Daniel Nikolaison is regularly responsible for crafting The Cure stories that are true (without…
Wednesday 19 August marks the United Nations World Humanitarian Day (WHD), a day which aims to celebrate humanitarian work around the world, and this year the spotlight is on Humanitarian Heroes – people from…
Lifebox receives $500,000 GE Foundation grant for ground-breaking Surgical Infection Prevention Initiative. In 2010 we launched our pulse oximetry programme, delivering environment-appropriate equipment and training to ORs worldwide – and safeguarding more than 10 million lives…
From the instant of publication in 2005, ‘Deaths Associated with Anaesthesia in Togo, West Africa’ was famous. We knew that anaesthesia in a low-resource setting could be dangerous – that without the equipment, support and training safety…
Caroline Kilduff is a recent graduate from Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry. She’s also a talented graphic designer, helping Lifebox with such visual feasts as our student toolkit, BMA volunteer…
The research put numeric handles on a previously ungraspable crisis, and they’ve been cited ever since – vital tools in the long-push to bring global surgery onto the global health agenda. Two other things to know about the Stanford surgeon…
Make a difference in global health – no medical experience required Looking for an opportunity to understand more about global health, the intersection between public and private sector, and the logistics of sending thousands of medical devices to more than 90…
Lifebox® and Uganda go way back – our very first distribution (and our very first blog!) It’s always exciting when we hear news from friends and colleagues there – particularly when they have stories…
