Top Five Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Milestones in 2021
Lifebox looks at our top milestones from 2021 making surgery and anesthesia safer through tools, training, and...
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The Professor who put an oximeter on the Checklist
Decades earlier, Professor Soyannwo’s son was born by emergency C-section, without oxygen monitoring. His brain was deprived of oxygen, and helives now...
Meet Jeffry
Name: Dr Jeffry Brand Occupation: Retired Anaesthesiologist Location: Boston “I want to show the effect of the Lifebox programme in improving...
#BeBoldForChange
We’re inspired by this year’s IWD theme ‘Be Bold For Change,’ as it aligns with our mission to make safer surgery a...
Professor Alan Merry – #LifeboxSquared
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Dr Lara Herbert – #LifeboxSquared
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Lara Herbert, Lifebox Fellow 2016
What motivated you to apply for the Lifebox Fellowship? Working in a low-resource setting has been a long-standing ambition of mine, but...
#WHA69: from resolution to reality
In 1980, the WHO Director-General made that speech. In 2015, after decades of work, surgery and anaesthesia reached the World Health Assembly...
Sally Davies – Medical Women’s Federation
Name: Sally Davies Role: President of the Medical Women’s Federation Location: U.K. #IWDSurgery Why is health care a women’s issue? Women are...
Putting anaesthesia on the map
This is a map of where to find fish in Lake Malawi. The 3 million year old basin lapping against the ‘The Warm Heart of...
