Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
Lifebox has a long history of working with colleagues across Tanzania: from supporting anaesthesia providers with essential equipment to collaborating with international and local partners such as the Society of Anaesthesiologists of Tanzania (SATA) in delivering…
When it comes to making global surgery safer, where in the world do you start? At home. Diaspora communities are some of the most passionate and effective agents for safe surgery and anaesthesia we’ve met, with a connection and commitment…
One thing we know here at Lifebox is that safe surgery means team work. Our small but mighty team is made up of colleagues from different backgrounds and specialities, all with a common goal to help make surgery safer worldwide. Introducing…
Earlier this year our Honourary Clinical Advisor, Dr Ed Fitzgerald travelled to Rwanda to deliver essential surgical training and follow-up on Checklist and pulse oximeter use at Kibagabaga hospital. In this blog first published on our co-founder the WFSA’s …
I have to say that the conference was an experience beyond all my expectations. I was impressed by the high quality of speakers and the perfect organization. The range of lectures, panels and workshops kept me focused all day…
2) she loves football So it’s entirely fitting that we met during the 2014 World Cup Summer, in the online launch of Lifebox Offside: ‘the beautiful game’ reimagined as competitive global health. Since then, Lauren’s joined Lifebox…
Medical students are the future of global surgery. Chronology, multiplied by epidemiology, to the power of social media – it’s a fierce equation that looks to balance the inequity in surgical and anaesthetic access, safety, participation and voice. Last month…
In 1980, the WHO Director-General made that speech. In 2015, after decades of work, surgery and anaesthesia reached the World Health Assembly agenda for the first time – and got a resolution. Lifebox was…
NGOs work best when they work together – and we’ve been working with Smile Train for as long as we can remember. From our earliest days to our fifth birthday, we’ve teamed…
We know exactly where the time goes. In the last five years we’ve made surgery and anaesthesia safer for 10 million people, across 100 countries worldwide. We’ve worked with extraordinary individuals and organisations, committed to safer care for their patients and…
