Dr. Getaw Alamnie is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Smile Train partner facility Yekatit 12 Medical College Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and fellow on the new Clean Cut for Cleft program launched by Smile Train and Lifebox. Dr. Getaw is leading this new program in Ethiopia to make surgery safer for children with […]
Lifebox footprints of progress for safer surgery and anesthesia in 2023
Lifebox, the international non-profit dedicated to improving the safety of surgery and anesthesia around the world and SPECT, the Canadian-based non-profit established to improve instrument decontamination and sterilization processes in resource-constrained countries, are piloting the training course in Ethiopia and Central America. Founded in 2011 by four leading global health organizations and chaired by Dr. […]
New study shows Lifebox’s Clean Cut reduces leading cause of mortality and morbidity Today, Lifebox announces significant results for reducing surgical site infections (SSIs) by nearly half in low-resource hospital systems. A new study published in the British Journal of Surgery reports the results of Clean Cut – a Lifebox program that engages surgical teams to address the causes of SSIs.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ADDIS ABABA/LONDON/NEW YORK: November 3, 2021 – Safe surgery non-profit Lifebox announced today results on the lasting impact of its surgical infection reduction program, Clean Cut. Published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Surgery, “Sustainability of a Surgical Quality Improvement Program at Hospitals in Ethiopia” details the results of […]
New Research Shows Lasting Impact of Lifebox Clean Cut Program - published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Surgery.
The Lifebox Clean Cut program is a surgical quality improvement program that reduces surgical site infections by improving infection prevention practices
Lifebox and COAST light up operating rooms worldwide with the Lifebox Light: a low-cost, high quality headlight to make surgery safer in low-resource operating rooms
You just came back from a second scoping trip to Cambodia. What was the most memorable experience of the visit for you? Probably realising the frustrations of those working in government hospitals in Cambodia mirrored those in Ethiopia. The Ministry of Health often dictates what medical equipment can be bought and from whom, but its not […]
On 21 April 2020, Dr. Abebe Bekele of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda chaired a webinar of global experts to discuss ‘Guidance for Perioperative Preparedness in Sub-Saharan Africa During COVID-19’ as published in Annals of Surgery and responded to viewer questions.
