Usually it’s parents who brag about their offspring, not the other way around. But at Lifebox, we’ve always been proud of our roots. Our co-founder, the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) is an extraordinary organisation: the umbrella body of anaesthesia societies worldwide, it’s a unique collaboration for better standards, education and advocacy across […]
Lifebox 2022 milestones: A year in review making surgery and anesthesia safer in 2022
The steady beep of the pulse oximeter is the hushed voice of the patient on the operating table. The team listens: surgeon, anaesthesia provider, and nurse know all is well. The same goes for the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – the teams uses this simple system to ensure the patient is protected from harm. Lifebox […]
Lifebox investors (aka incredible donors) aren’t looking for financial returns. They know our currency is safer surgery and anaesthesia, and that we measure ourselves against a different gold standard. How many pulse oximeters have we distributed this year? How many partnerships did we create? What percentage of healthcare workers leave a Lifebox training workshop more […]
From our recent visit to the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa’s (COSECSA) AGM and Scientific Conference in Kenya – with oximeter donation, consultation and premiere of our new surgical instruments video – to how you can join our India faculty, share your support for #LifeboxSquared or just hear some beautiful music (and Atul […]
The Lifebox Clean Cut program is a surgical quality improvement program that reduces surgical site infections by improving infection prevention practices
Last month we… Welcomed the end of the year with our 2016 Annual Review – packed with stats, stories and photos of a year in safer surgery and anaesthesia Published our beautifully designed and practical pulse oximeter educational videos – available in Amharic, English, French, Hindi and Spanish Said goodbye to a global health pioneer, […]
Last month we… Longform Lifeboxed in a beautiful feature about our work in Mongolia and India, as part of Mosaic Science’s Great Ideas series. It features smart innovations that changed and saved lives around the globe, and our story was even picked up by The Atlantic Magazine and The Independent Hung out behind the scenes […]
NGOs work best when they work together – and we’ve been working with Smile Train for as long as we can remember. From our earliest days to our fifth birthday, we’ve teamed up to put the safety of the surgical patient – and the support of colleague clinicians – first. We were lucky enough to catch up […]
With countries worldwide experiencing second and third waves of COVID-19, many patients are struggling to access healthcare services for vital COVID-19 care. Lifebox has partnered with India COVID SOS to develop resources for the home use of pulse oximeters to monitor COVID-19 patients. COVID patients may suffer from “silent hypoxia” – with patients becoming hypoxic without […]
