Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
With a combined population of more than 36.5 million people, safe surgery within the four most populous countries in Central America – El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua – is vital for a strong regional healthcare system. Lifebox has already…
In a letter to The Lancet entitled Global burden of postoperative death, researchers from the University of Birmingham have provided new data on the extent of deaths around the world from unsafe surgery, with more than half occurring in low…
Workshop participants, faculty and facilitators pose together. ©Scott Streble/Lifebox, 2019 The beginning of a day of safer surgery workshops in San Salvador, El Salvador. ©Scott Streble/Lifebox, 2019 An anaesthesiologist explaining the…
Why did you become an anesthesiologist? As a physician, I wanted to take perioperative care of patients who were in a very vulnerable state. It’s a holistic medical speciality that includes not only anesthesia, but intensive care, emergency medicine, pain…
Lifebox is now receiving applications for the 2020 McCaskey Safe Surgery Fellowship Programme. The aim of the programme is to develop a cohort of Ethiopian healthcare providers with expertise in Academic Global Surgery and Anaesthesia, with a focus on Quality…
How were you introduced to Lifebox? I have been trained twice by the Lifebox team on safe anesthesia. During these workshops, I was taught how to use the Lifebox pulse oximeter and the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist correctly.
Founded in 2011 by four leading global health organizations and chaired by Dr. Atul Gawande, the organization utilizes tools, training, and partnerships to help improve the delivery of safe surgery globally. Lifebox’s flagship program developed a…
The Surgical Safety Checklist is at the heart of Lifebox’s work to make surgery and anaesthesia safer in low-resource settings. When used correctly, this 19-step communications tool has been proven to reduce the risk of complications and death from…
It’s an exciting opportunity for UK-based medical students, or students from other disciplines with a passion for global health, to develop their professional experience and leadership – while raising awareness of this critical, emerging field. Apply to be a Lifebox-SfGH…
Lifebox, the international non-profit dedicated to improving the safety of surgery and anesthesia around the world and SPECT, the Canadian-based non-profit established to improve instrument decontamination and sterilization processes in resource-constrained countries, are piloting the training course in…
