Direct Donation
That was certainly the case for CRNA Janet Dewan, chair of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Health and Wellness Committee, who first went to work in Niger in 1974. She recently donated an oximeter through…
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Land of the Free
A Liberian flag is hung at the entrance of the Sanniquellie Magisterial Court in Nimba County, Liberia.Photo ID 468148. 19/02/2011. Sanniquellie, Liberia. UN Photo/Staton Winter. But the civil wars of the 1980s and 90s wrecked lives…
East in the desert
Robert is the director of Diamedica, a manufacturer of anaesthesia equipment fit for purpose in low-resource settings. He recently returned from Chad, in central Africa, where he took a Lifebox pulse oximeter to leave…
The Equipment Graveyard
Lifebox Trustee Angela Enright and Dr Aigeeleng are old friends – they like to catch up and pose for photos This isn’t quite as morbid as it sounds, but it’s certainly depressing. Harry is talking about equipment…
The Days Are Just Packed!
We’ve been typing circles round our to do lists at Lifebox since we got back from the WCA last month. We left Buenos Aires with heads, hearts, (stomachs) full of plans and opportunities for closing the global…
Old Friends and New
Monday morning we were happy to see our our old friend Dr Rebecca Jacob, newest president of the Indian Association of Pediatric Anesthesiologists, heading across the red carpet. She brought along the WFSA paediatric committee to say…
Buenos Dias Buenos Aires!
Taking the subte from Catedral to Plaza Italia in Buenos Aires this week is an insiders game of ‘I spy.’ With the band I see a blue laynard! we hiss, subtle as neon, hopping out…
Roll out the Red Carpet
They kick up enough fuss about the Oscars and those things roll around every 12 months. Not invited to the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (c) Creative Commons At Lifebox we’re much more excited about the…
Our Health our Common Wealth
Did you know that a nursing unit manager in South Africa performs on average 36 different activities an hour? Multi-tasking may be a modern affliction, but for nurses – particularly those in low-resource settings – it is a life-saving skill. …
In memory
The late Dr Vincent James Hughes was a Canadian anesthesiologist who dedicated his professional life to improving anaesthesia care worldwide. He spent ten years working in the West Indies; ten as a physician-anesthesiologist in Zimbabwe, and ten back…
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