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Lifebox has a small, dynamic global team, that works with our network of partner clinicians to make surgery and anesthesia safer across the world.

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Annals of Surgery: COVID-19 preparedness within the surgical, obstetric and anesthetic ecosystem in Sub Saharan Africa Lifebox and partners published an article on preparing the surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia ecosystem of Sub Saharan Africa for COVID-19 in Annals of Surgery in April 2020. As countries are facing second and third waves of infection, this article is still […]

The Global Governance Council oversees the Lifebox team and safer surgery vision

Founded in 2011 by four leading global health organizations and chaired by Dr. Atul Gawande, the organization utilizes tools, training, and partnerships to help improve the delivery of safe surgery globally. Lifebox’s flagship program developed a low-cost and low-resource-adapted pulse oximeter for monitoring patients during anesthesia and has now put the Lifebox pulse oximeter in […]

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Lifebox raise funds for safer anesthesia each year with the ASA-Lifebox Resident Challenge

Our online learning platform - the Lifebox Learning Network - is an open access platform for healthcare providers with interactive courses on safer surgery and anesthesia.

English article text: COVID-19 preparedness within the surgical, obstetric and anesthetic ecosystem in Sub Saharan Africa Community transmission of COVID-19 is already being reported in Africa (1). Most countries on the continent will have 10,000+ confirmed cases within the month (2). The population, while generally younger than in Europe and North America, has much higher […]

Lifebox Australia and New Zealand (Lifebox ANZ) is a consortium of partners working to strengthen anaesthesia and surgical safety in the Asia-Pacific region.

This year, Lifebox is hosting its first Operation Game Challenge to raise funds for Lifebox’s programs to improve the safety of surgery around the world! In this adventurous peer-to-peer fundraiser, participants will host their own tournament of the classic game Operation by Hasbro alongside a spirited race against other participating programs, all battling to raise […]