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Lifebox at THET Conference 2017
No better example than our WHO Surgical Safety Checklist implementation work in Tanzania, presented this week at the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)’s Annual Conference. When it comes to fostering health partnerships, THET…
Ukrainian colleagues lead the way for safer anaesthesia
Many thanks to safe anaesthesia champion Dr Kateryna Belka, who helped organise a Lifebox stand for the congress exhibition, delivered a pulse oximetry workshop, and hosted a screening of The Checklist Effect. We caught up with her…
Clean Cut shows results in SSI reduction
From a 180% improvement in the use of appropriate hand hygiene to a 92% improvement in the proper timing of prophylactic antibiotics, Clean Cut’s potential to prevent life-threatening infections is evident – and urgent. Post-operative infection is one…
Calling all students: take the lead in global surgery at your university
Offering students with a passion for global surgery opportunities to engage and lead in this critical and emerging field. Through hosting and attending events, spreading the word on campus and raising funds to support Lifebox’s safer surgery work around the…
Meet Violeta!
With extensive international experience and being fluent in English, French and Spanish, Violeta is well placed to support Lifebox’s global reach. So we couldn’t wait to learn more… What interested you about Lifebox as an organization and as a…
Lifebox at SFAR 2017
Lifebox has a long history of working with partners across the Francophone world, most recently in Burkina Faso to Guinea and Niger. Local leadership, expertise – and of course a common…
#SaferSurgeryIndia – Team Work
I started my very engaging and interesting trip to India from Hyderabad, a city in Telangana, where Lifebox donated pulse oximeters for the very first SAFE Paediatric course to take place in India. From Hyderabad I quickly…
Six years of ANESTHESIOLOGY!
Boston holds a special place in our hearts as our co-founders Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, along with so many of our council members and…
#SaferSurgeryGuinea
As the first country affected by the Ebola virus in 2014, the Republic of Guinea’s weakened public health infrastructure is still recovering from the devastating impact of this epidemic. Today, the country has less than…
The Checklist Effect: Global Surgery Summer School
As a final year at medical school in the UK, one of the required reflections for my surgical rotation is on the use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. I observed the Checklist’s use in theatre…
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