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A quick sit down with Dr Carolina Haylock-Loor

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 Launches Search for Surgical Headlight Manufacturer

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…

10 Years of the Checklist at the RSM

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…

Lifebox Students for Global Health – looking for new representatives

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…

It all comes down to teamwork

“If one of us can’t make it to the top, the other has to finish it.”  At the end of August, Dr Ed Fitzgerald and I fundraised for Lifebox through our climb up Mt Kilimanjaro. We had been…

Lifebox Light in JAMA Surgery

In this month’s leading article on surgical innovation from JAMA Surgery, Lifebox Special Advisor and former trustee Thomas Weiser, MD, MPH, along with former Ethiopia Safe Surgery Fellow Jared Forrester, MD and our Global CEO Kris Torgeson, MSc, MPhil, delved…

Lifebox Welcomes Three New Global Governance Council Members

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 low-cost and low-resource-adapted pulse…

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