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November 12, 2025 – Lifebox, the global non-profit making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide, has been announced as one of 80+ organizations that were awarded funding through Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global open call,…
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…
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…
For the third year running, Lifebox ran to sign up and attend the Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland Conference – now in its 90th year, dignified and dedicated as ever! More than…
“Safe surgery is a global concern and we want to know what it means to you. Lifebox is pleased to ring the opening bell for our annual competition: an opportunity to win prizes, raise the level of debate about access…
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…
