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The Value of the Checklist in Ethiopia: an interview with Dr Assefa Tesfaye
The Clean Cut program encourages teamwork from all hospital personnel, how do you fit in to this? Ever since the beginning of the program, I have been assisting with data collection, analysis, and the presentation of our results…
How a little teamwork can make a tangible impact to patient safety
How I came to be involved in Clean Cut I arrived on the ground in Ethiopia with Lifebox last summer to a program that was clicking and running in full force. The Clean Cut program, with support from the…
Lifebox in Burundi – an oximeter for every hospital
We kicked off our safer surgery work in Burundi in partnership with ATSARPS (Agora des Techniciens Supérieurs Anesthésistes Réanimateurs pour la Promotion de la Santé), the Burundian anesthesia society, to organize a pulse oximetry training workshop in Bujumbura, at…
Lifebox’s lasting impact in Burkina Faso
Dr Angela Enright (seated center), with the Burkina Faso faculty for the 2013 workshop. 1) A Friend in Need details the impact of Lifebox training in Burkina Faso. How did the participants respond to the workshops in…
Anesthesia in Rural Burundi – an interview with Dynos Mugisha (L’anesthésie au Burundi – un entretien avec Dynos Mugisha)
Dynos, at Natwe Turashoboye de Karusu hospital in Burundi, 2019 EN – Tell us about the anesthesia situation in your country. FR – Pouvez vous nous décrire la situation de l’anesthésie dans votre pays. The…
Lifebox launches Safe Surgery workshops in Central America
With a combined population of more than 36.5 million people, safe surgery within the four most populous countries in Central America – El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua – is vital for a strong regional healthcare system. Lifebox has already…
New Lancet Article on Extent of Deaths from Unsafe Surgery Released
In a letter to The Lancet entitled Global burden of postoperative death, researchers from the University of Birmingham have provided new data on the extent of deaths around the world from unsafe surgery, with more than half occurring in low…
Photo Essay: Lifebox launches Safer Surgery in Central America
Workshop participants, faculty and facilitators pose together. ©Scott Streble/Lifebox, 2019 The beginning of a day of safer surgery workshops in San Salvador, El Salvador. ©Scott Streble/Lifebox, 2019 An anaesthesiologist explaining the…
A quick sit down with Dr Carolina Haylock-Loor
Why did you become an anesthesiologist? As a physician, I wanted to take perioperative care of patients who were in a very vulnerable state. It’s a holistic medical speciality that includes not only anesthesia, but intensive care, emergency medicine, pain…
Applications open for the 2020 McCaskey Safe Surgery Fellowship Programme (Ethiopian Nationals only)
Lifebox is now receiving applications for the 2020 McCaskey Safe Surgery Fellowship Programme. The aim of the programme is to develop a cohort of Ethiopian healthcare providers with expertise in Academic Global Surgery and Anaesthesia, with a focus on Quality…
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