Lifebox has a long history of working with colleagues across Tanzania: from supporting anaesthesia providers with essential equipment to collaborating with international and local partners such as the Society of Anaesthesiologists of Tanzania (SATA) in delivering training workshops. So we are delighted to share the interview below with German doctor, Daniela Kietzmann who works as […]
Here we learn more about his mission – “safe anaesthesia equals safer surgery.” Can you talk about some of the challenges that anaesthesia providers face in delivering safe surgical care in your region? If you see today’s newspaper in India you will find a story: “Death of 36 children because of lack of oxygen in […]
Dr. Mary Nabukenya is lecturer at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and works as an anesthesiologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda. She has helped to lead many perioperative safety training courses for anesthesia providers throughout the country. She spoke with Lifebox trustee, co-founder, and fellow anesthesiologist Dr. Isabeau Walker about the status […]
The Lifebox Foundation, a global charity working to improve the safety of surgical care in low-resource settings, today welcomed the spotlight on the issue of environment-inappropriate medical equipment and restated its commitment to appropriate, effective technology. As a report released by the Technologies for Global Health Commission last week shows, much of the medical equipment […]
Today’s the start of Small Charity Week, showcasing the important work of small charities across the UK – and as a small organisation with an urgent, global portfolio, Lifebox is excited to join in. We’re celebrating our partner in impact: the small but mighty Lifebox pulse oximeter. This essential monitoring device makes surgery safer by calculating the amount […]
PREVIOUS UPDATES ON LIFEBOX’s COVID-19 RESPONSE: Update April 24: VIDEO: Watch a Virtual Grand Rounds: “Preparing the Perioperative Ecosystem of Sub-Saharan Africa for COVID-19” Update April 15: Lifebox’s core objective is to improve the safety of surgery and anesthesia in low and middle-income countries. The healthcare workers we work with everyday are now on the […]
3 June 2020: Pulse Oximeters and Oxygen Therapy in the time of COVID-19 Join Lifebox, the Alliance for International Medical Action, and Assist International for a Virtual Grand Rounds chaired by Dr. Thomas Weiser on using pulse oximeters and oxygen therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lifebox is celebrating ten – plus one – years of saving lives through safer surgery. As we mark more than a decade of making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide, we wanted to share the milestones that we have achieved, together, so far. Thank you to every one of you who has been part of the […]
A pulse oximeter is an essential piece of monitoring equipment that keeps patients safe during surgery. Lifebox has distributed 35,000 pulse oximeters worldwide
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 […]
