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A Long Term Relationship
It started with this photo: October 2011: Dr Jerry Cohen, ASA president elect and University of Florida associate professor, presents Lifebox chairman Atul Gawande with a GIANT CHEQUE. Actually that’s not true. It started with…
I’ll take you there
This is the road leading up to the Outpatient Department at Bungoma District Hospital, in Western Kenya, not far from the border with Uganda: And this is the queue of patients trying to…
London volunteer opportunity
The role We are looking for a committed volunteer to take on a number of administrative projects within Lifebox Foundation HQ in London. Ideally this would involve one full day or two half day’s commitment each week for a minimum…
Honestly, people in love.
(c) This Sweet Love Photography We might just find it annoying, if people in love weren’t so beautifully generous in their joy! Three happy couples, six friends of Lifebox, have taken a day that is supposed to…
New manual for how to deliver Lifebox training in the field
Following our special session at Anesthesiology 2012 in Washington D.C. today, we are delighted to make available our new manual for how to deliver Lifebox training in the field. This draws on lessons learned from work across Africa, South East…
Target 80
Well, in the 18 months since we got this global pulse oximetry gap in our sights and set out to Make It 0, we’ve knocked more than 3000 off the target! Thanks to the generosity…
The Long and Winding Road (to surgical safety)
The road from Gondar to Lalibela – beautiful but long.(c) Hailebet If you can’t get to hospital, you can’t get an emergency caesarian section, or life-saving surgery after a road traffic accident. If…
Making It 0 in the Empire State of the South!
Back in May, we got a tantalizing email from Dr Faye Evans, assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine, about the upcoming Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists (GSA) meeting.
Vanderbilting bridges: Tennessee to Kenya
Watch the video on the VIA home page, which focuses on Vanderbilt’s relationship with the Kijabe Hospital, in Kenya. Panning down crowded hospital corridors, the images are stark and the voices are shocked.
Never a day at the beach
The Togolese Republic stretches narrowly north 600 km into West Africa, with Burkina Faso at its head and the Bight of Benin swirling at its feet in the capital city of Lomé. But it’s never a day at the beach…
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