Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
“We wanted to bring information and knowledge to the world-wide readership of A&A about anesthesia issues in LMICs,” explained Dr Enright. “Many people would have no idea about the challenges nor about what is being done…
What kind of surgical safety challenges do colleagues and their patients face in low-resource settings? Being Iraqi-British and having lived and worked in Baghdad during the mid-nineties after the second Gulf War, when most…
We asked Daniel Berman. Daniel’s the Lead of the Global Health Team at Nesta, charged with taking the brilliant idea of a Surgical Equity Prize and bringing it to life.
The provision of surgery has been an essential component of comprehensive healthcare delivery worldwide for over a century. Nevertheless, 5 billion people worldwide are still affected by lack of access to safe surgical care. The issue remains a global health…
A dozen countries and hundreds of meetings later, I am more enthusiastic than ever about Lifebox’s work and the global movement in safe surgery and anesthesia that we are part of. As I reflect on the past year and kick…
The AAAC brings together anaesthesia providers from across the continent, and partners from around the world. But what makes a valuable partnership, and what are some concrete steps international groups can take to be most supportive in the next three…
One such partner is safe anaesthesia champion, Dr Arvin Karu from Papua New Guinea. He’s on mission, working with Lifebox: Australia and New Zealand, to equip every operating room and critical care ward across PNG with a…
Student groups who see global surgery in their future, OR teams curious to see how hospitals around the world are introducing the WHO Checklist, armchair travellers ready to rove from Uganda to Mongolia –…
“I leave home early in the morning for surgery. I prefer using my bike to counter traffic jams and parking issues at the hospital. And as always, I take my bag with all my anaesthesia instruments with me – including…
You’re an active member of the InciSioN advocacy team, and the student global surgery movement. Why is it important for doctors of the future to be involved? Global surgery to me means improving timely access to…
