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 can’t put down! The reason for this: it’s the night after International Women’s Day. March […]
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 1,500 Rotarians from across the country gathered in sunny Belfast at the Waterfront Conference Centre, a grand venue with its toes on the […]
In 2012 Lifebox was selected as the British Medical Journal’s holiday charity for the second year in a row. The campaign raised more than £27,000, and will enable us to support more than 160 additional operating theatres this year. As impressive as this is, the impact is much greater than the sum of its parts. […]
We’re working with the Nigerian National Society of Anaesthesiology (NNSA), the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health and the Flatley Foundation to bring safer surgery and anaesthesia to every government hospital in the country. Follow along, with our reports from the front line… DAY SIX Just me! Faye, Cheik and Svetlana left either last night or […]
We’re working with the Society of Anaesthesiologists of Tanzania (SATA), Life Support Foundation and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) to increase surgical safety for patients and anaesthesia providers in Tanzania. Dr Bronwyn Rae, reports from the front line of the upcoming SATA Second Annual Scientific Conference from 21st to 22nd May. Day One […]
The Lifebox oximeter meets USA Food and Drug Administration standards for accuracy, extensive tests show. “Accuracy of the Lifebox pulse oximeter during hypoxia in healthy volunteers,” published this month in the medical journal Anaesthesia, finds that the Lifebox model detects hypoxia at a degree of accuracy and bias that is comparable to the FDA-approved pulse […]
From the instant of publication in 2005, ‘Deaths Associated with Anaesthesia in Togo, West Africa’ was famous. We knew that anaesthesia in a low-resource setting could be dangerous – that without the equipment, support and training safety hallmarks of higher-resource colleagues, patients were at increased risk. But Fatou Ouro-Bang’na and colleagues gave us a number, […]
The role We are looking for a committed volunteer to take on number of administrative projects within Lifebox Foundation HQ in London. Ideally this would involve one full day or two half day’s commitment each week for a minimum of three months. Responsibilities will include managing our photo library and contacts databases, preparing written communications […]
Last month we… Honored the importance of global surgery stories as we witnessed the Checklist Effect receive its fourth award at the Global Cinema Film Festival in Boston Celebrated International Women’s Day by sharing perspectives of our inspiring female safer surgery and anaesthesia champions around the world #IWDSurgery #BeBoldForChange Partnered with the AAGBI, the WFSA […]
This week we’re joining the Liya Kebede Foundation on Instagram, sharing our work in Niger and the impact that safer surgery has for mothers and babies worldwide. It’s been five months since our countrywide project put training and a pulse oximeter into every government hospital and recovery setting. To celebrate this milestone, and thank the […]
