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October 23, 2025 – In a new chapter for global surgical safety, Lifebox, the global safer surgery and anesthesia nonprofit, elected two leading voices in global health, Professor Thomas G. Weiser and…
We are excited to share that Lifebox’s work has been featured in the latest edition of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) Bulletin. The article shines a powerful light on the strength and resilience of surgical…
Clean cut in Honduras
It’s been over a month since our second ever Lifebox Day which was held on Saturday 18 April. The day brought together medical professionals and trainees in the field of global surgery. Kohila…
Lifebox donated 75 pulse oximeters, and will be delivering training in pulse oximetry, and the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in partnership with SATA to anaesthesia providers across the country at the SATA Second Annual Scientific Conference from 21st to 22nd…
We’re working with the Society of Anaesthesiologists of Tanzania (SATA), Life Support Foundation and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) to increase surgical safety for patients and anaesthesia providers in Tanzania. Dr Bronwyn…
Lifebox, Flatley Foundation and Nigerien National Society of Anaesthesiology partner for safer surgery in Niger Lifebox Foundation is proud to announce an exciting collaboration with the Flatley Foundation, the Nigerien National Society of Anaesthesiology (NNSA) and the Nigerien Ministry…
We’re working with the Nigerian National Society of Anaesthesiology (NNSA), the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health and the Flatley Foundation to bring safer surgery and anaesthesia to every government hospital in the country. Follow along, with our…
If you pay attention to the Lifebox latest news, you’ll recall that this oximeter and this car share a birthday as well as a favourite colour. What better reason do you need for…
In January this year we had the opportunity to sit down with our first Lifebox fellows to discuss their upcoming placements in Ethiopia and Uganda. In collaboration with the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (…
Maybe it’s no surprise that after years as the “neglected stepchild of public health,” our push to get safer surgery into the mainstream begins with a baby. Not just any baby: the children of our friends,…
An email pings in from Boston, USA – subject: Oximeter to India? As l read Lifebox chair and co-founder Atul Gawande’s editorial published in the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery…
Surgery has often been referred to as “the neglected stepchild of public health” – under-resourced, under-valued and misunderstood. But today marks a bold step in the fight against unsafe surgery, with the launch of the Lancet…
