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
leading anesthesia providers from across the world shared their experiences on issues relating to pulse oximetry impact in anesthesia care, remaining gaps in oximetry access and identified priorities for safe anesthesia care going forward – including the issue of pulse oximetry accuracy in darker skin tones.
A Smile Train-Lifebox report on pulse oximetry access and impact in low- and middle-income countries
Today we launch the Lifebox-Smile Train pulse oximeter with our long-standing partner Smile Train to scale up access to pulse oximetry for anesthesia and critical care. Pulse oximeters rapidly measure the oxygen level of the blood…
Lifebox is celebrating ten – plus one – years of saving lives through safer surgery. As we mark more than a decade of making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide, we wanted to share the milestones that…
Lifebox welcomes obstetrician and gynecologist, Professor Salome Maswime, to its Global Governance Council We are excited to announce the appointment of Professor Salome Maswime to our Global Governance Council. Professor Maswime is a Professor and Head of the Global…
Dr. Getaw Alamnie is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Smile Train partner facility Yekatit 12 Medical College Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and fellow on the new Clean Cut for Cleft program launched by Smile Train and Lifebox. Dr.
What is Clean Cut for Cleft and how will it make surgery for children with cleft safer? Clean Cut for Cleft is a new program – launched today by Smile Train and Lifebox – to…
Anesthesia under fire: experiences of providing patient care in Ukraine today
Lifebox and The University of Global Health Equity announce new partnership for safer anesthesia and surgical care.
Multidisciplinary team invents low-cost decontamination cabinet that quintuples N95 mask supplies, ideal for low-resource settings.
