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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…

Lifebox: Why was it important at this time for Lifebox and Ariadne Labs to initiate Checking In On the Checklist? With the Checklist being over ten years old, what were you looking to achieve? Alex Haynes: Reflecting on ten…

A sincere thank you to the students and faculty at South University for hosting another successful fundraiser for Lifebox! Our work is only possible because of our supporters – and around the world, lives are saved because of it. We…

Lifebox: Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions, Dr. Molina. Why was it important for Lifebox and Ariadne Labs to initiate a report like “Checking in on the Checklist” at this time? What did you hope to understand…

Long-time Lifebox champion, Dr. Chaibou of Niger helped out at the Lifebox stand at SARAF. The pulse oximeter gap in Francophone West Africa is high, and Lifebox has worked extensively with SARAF-member countries to address this gap by…

Ten years since the launch of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, one of the significant benefits has been improved teamwork and communication in the operating room, so what better way to embed this than through multidisciplinary teamwork training? A few…

Lifebox, in collaboration with local and regional partners, organized two SAFE OR workshops in India, November 23-28, with Lifebox trustee Dr. Isabeau Walker acting as course director. In Nanded, Maharashtra, Dr. Someshwar Patange, long-time Lifebox safe anesthesia champion, joined Isabeau…

When implemented effectively, the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist significantly reduces complications and mortality associated with surgery. In order to share best practices for adapting and implementing the Checklist in specific contexts, Lifebox is developing a Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation…

In our original flagship programme, Lifebox procured a low-cost, low-resource adapted pulse oximeter, commonly referred to as the Lifebox Pulse Oximeter or simply the “Lifebox.” We have now distributed over 20,000 of these to more than 100 countries through a…

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Julian Gore-Booth – CEO of the World Federation Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) – Anaesthesia – worth shouting about   Dr. Mwemezi Kaino – Lifebox Champion – Global Health from Tanzania and Kenya   Dr. Aaron Olurotimi –…

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