Julian Gore-Booth – CEO of the World Federation Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) – Anaesthesia – worth shouting about Dr. Mwemezi Kaino – Lifebox Champion – Global Health from Tanzania and Kenya Dr. Aaron Olurotimi – Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria – NORA in Children Dr. Serge Mudipanu Tshijuke – Kabale University, Uganda and Medecins […]
So we were predisposed to like Rotary, and that’s before you factor in the amazing work they’ve been helping us with over the last year! As we wrote in the April issue of Rotary Today (you can read a copy here), Rotarians around the world from Yorkshire to Benin have been rolling up their sleeves to help us make surgery […]
Their conference sets up shop in a different European city each year. In 2012 we put our best bisou forward making introductions in Paris… …last year we said hola to old acquaintances in Barcelona, and this year… Hej! Welcome to Stockholm. More than 5000 anaesthetists spent a busy week under bright northern hemisphere summer skies, […]
Last month we… Joined President Barack Obama for a conversation about the future of medicine (well – sort of. Our co-founder and chair, Atul Gawande did!) Went back to Chicago for our sixth ANESTHESIOLOGY conference with the American Society of Anesthesiologists Celebrated World Anaesthesia Day (16 October) by supporting an important campaign by our co-founders […]
Lifebox isn’t a faith-based organization, but you don’t need to tell us twice about the true meaning of Christmas. Hope and renewal, sacrifice and generosity – looking back at the most popular stories we’ve shared on our blog this year, there’s meaning behind every message, and inspiration to build a better 2014. Here’s to a year […]
In 2010 we sent him our first pulse oximeter. Lifebox wasn’t even Lifebox back then – it was the Global Pulse Oximetry Project, fresh from a worldwide tendering process led by WHO and the WFSA for an ideal monitor to thrive in low-resource settings. We were perched on a desk in a third floor room […]
Although your Lifebox Fellowship at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre is just beginning, you could say your relationship with the hospital goes way back… Yes – it came about in a strange way! I read about KCMC when I was 16. There were two books that I found so inspirational – one called Half the Sky, […]
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 years? We asked three incredible champions for safe anaesthesia – Dr Mwemezi Kaino, Head of […]
When we first heard about the Boston Lifebox Challenge earlier this year, we knew better than to get caught in the crossfire! We watched as ideas, enthusiasm and events ricocheted across the city, and are thrilled to duck and share, with our thanks, the below article straight from the website of one of the challengers: “When […]
