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
It’s late on a Monday and l’ve been scrolling through my Twitter feed for the past hour. I don’t normally spend this much time on one Twitter session but it’s almost as if I’m reading a book that I just…
BREAKING NEWS – Lifebox Day programme is now live! Click here to see the speakers and set up for the day – and email [email protected] for the last remaining places. — — — If you missed Lifebox Day last…
1990: the year that pulse oximeters became an American standard for safe anaesthesia monitoring. 1989: the year they made this car. It’s a natural fit –…
This year, the theme of International Women’s Day is ‘Make it happen.’ We think the same could be said of safer surgery – and we’re excited to have the opportunity to bring the two together! In 2014 our…
Lifebox and CAMNOWAA: making surgery safer in Cameroon Lifebox Foundation is proud to be working in collaboration with the Cameroon North West Association of Anaesthetists (CAMNOWAA) to increase surgical safety for patients and anaesthesia providers in Cameroon. Lifebox donated 60…
The Mersey School of Anaesthesia is a stalwart supporter of Lifebox®, putting hands in pocket to raise more than £15,000 in personal contributions and core funds the last four years. We’re enormously grateful for the support – and pleased to…
Lifebox® and ESA in Uzbekistan: safer anaesthesia training workshop Lifebox® Foundation is proud to be working in partnership with the European Society of Anaesthesia (ESA) and the Uzbekistan Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (…
As Dr Rebecca Jacob makes clear in her interview for International Women’s Day, unsafe surgery in India isn’t a case of unwillingness – it’s context that can kill. We’ve worked with hospitals across the country to put pulse oximeters in…
Anaesthesia providers in Uganda lack access to almost everything that we take for granted in high-resource setting practice: basic drugs, monitoring equipment, support staff, continuous learning. And every week they treat a nightmare caseload: ruptured uteruses, road traffic accidents, severe…
In August 2014, Lifebox trustee Dr Isabeau Walker travelled with long-time Lifebox friend and president of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland (COI) Dr Ellen O’Sullivan to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, in the south of the country. Last…
