Updates

A new study outlines operating room efficiency in a teaching hospital in Ethiopia finding high rates of cancellation and delays but that these were not caused by a lack of resources or infrastructure.

Lifebox appoints five new roles to the leadership of its global Lifebox team.

Lifebox announces the appointment of Pauline Philip as Interim Chair of its Global Governance Council. Pauline is one of the founders of Lifebox and as Director of Patient Safety at the World Health Organization (WHO) was instrumental in developing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist

Comrade Bunmi, pediatric nurse with over 20 years of nursing experience, discussed the challenges and barriers that nurses often face in leadership and her work advocating the role of nursing to shift the tide and build stronger, more inclusive healthcare systems.

Professor Miliard Derbew announced as Global Ambassador of the Smile Train-Lifebox Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative.

A study, published in Annals of Surgery, calls for the protection of the healthcare workforce during COVID-19.

Lifebox looks at our top milestones from 2021 making surgery and anesthesia safer through tools, training, and partnerships.  

Lifebox congratulates its Chair and Co-Founder – Dr. Atul Gawande – on his confirmation today as the Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Lifebox partners with two hospitals in Liberia to launch its surgical infection reduction program – Clean Cut.

"You want to make sure that the surgery you are performing is safe for your patient so that no complications arise." OB-GYN Dr. Kezelebah Goyah discusses providing safe maternal healthcare in Liberia.