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#LifeboxRugby
Every four years rugby fans and top international teams gather for the Rugby World Cup – a highly anticipated sporting event that rivals the title for ‘the beautiful game.’ And this year’s tournament takes place in the…
#SaferSurgery Uganda
In an episode dedicated to safer surgery, we follow a story of dedication, innovation and improvement in Uganda. From an emergency Caesarean section in a referral hospital, to a pulse oximeter hand-delivered to a hospital in need, this is global…
#SaferSurgeryArmenia
Mark your calendars! A busy week for safer surgery in Armenia, starting Sunday as the ‘Safety in Surgery and Updates of Obstetric Anaesthesia’ conference comes to Yerevan. The Armenian Society of Anaesthesiologists and Intensive Care Specialists (ASAICS)…
ASEAN Anaesthesia
The 19th ASEAN Congress of Anaesthesiology (ACA) opens today, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia – and thanks to friends both local and in the region, Lifebox is proud to play a part. We know that education is essential for…
Sohel Ahmed
We recently caught up with safer surgery advocate Dr Sohel Ahmed, former President of the Sudanese Doctors Union of Ireland (SDUI) to discuss the organisation’s work in supporting anaesthesia providers in the country, and this is what we learned. What…
Al Jazeera – behind the scenes
Al Jazeera’s much-feted medical series The Cure brings science, society and the general public together on one small screen. And independent filmmaker, Daniel Nikolaison is regularly responsible for crafting The Cure stories that are true (without…
#HumanitarianHeroes
Wednesday 19 August marks the United Nations World Humanitarian Day (WHD), a day which aims to celebrate humanitarian work around the world, and this year the spotlight is on Humanitarian Heroes – people from…
GE Foundation grant
Lifebox receives $500,000 GE Foundation grant for ground-breaking Surgical Infection Prevention Initiative. In 2010 we launched our pulse oximetry programme, delivering environment-appropriate equipment and training to ORs worldwide – and safeguarding more than 10 million lives…
Front Page Togo
From the instant of publication in 2005, ‘Deaths Associated with Anaesthesia in Togo, West Africa’ was famous. We knew that anaesthesia in a low-resource setting could be dangerous – that without the equipment, support and training safety…
Island surgery – a Q&A
Caroline Kilduff is a recent graduate from Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry. She’s also a talented graphic designer, helping Lifebox with such visual feasts as our student toolkit, BMA volunteer…
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