ASiT is a longtime friend of Lifebox, committed to safer surgery on a global scale – with recent skills courses in Rwanda and some very exciting news about their upcoming annual congress. We’re delighted to confirm that ASiT is supporting our safer surgery work in Bournemouth this year, with a particular focus on the low-resource setting instrument […]
Dr. Getaw Alamnie is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Smile Train partner facility Yekatit 12 Medical College Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and fellow on the new Clean Cut for Cleft program launched by Smile Train and Lifebox. Dr. Getaw is leading this new program in Ethiopia to make surgery safer for children with […]
Put the 2016 Olympics in your global health calendar – we’re going to Rio! Or at least we’re going to #Lifeboxes4Rio, as our co-founders at Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) launch a bold, two-year bid to make surgery safer. The goal of Lifeboxes for Rio is simple: raise funds for the […]
Your voice will be heard, and we will always welcome your ideas to further support our communications, advocacy and fundraising activities. This is for an initial 12-month contract (renewal subject to availability of funds). Reports to: Director of Communications Key responsibilities Support Director of Communications in delivery of communications and advocacy objectives Assist Development Manager […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The Oromia Regional Health Bureau (RHB) took a significant next step in its drive to make surgery and anaesthesia safer for tens of thousands of patients in the region, expanding the Clean Cut surgical site infection (SSI) reduction programme with partners in Minilik II Hospital, St. Peter’s Specialized Hospital, and the Fitche […]
“To make people count, we first need to be able to count people,” said then WHO Director General Lee Jong-Wook in 2003/last week on the excellent Guardian Global Development Professionals Network. If only ‘counting people’ was as easy as 1,2,3. Good data gathering takes planning, it takes money, and it takes time you really don’t […]
The MV Africa Mercy is the largest charitable hospital ship in the world, providing free surgical services (primarily facial reconstruction, benign tumor excision, cataract removal and child orthopaedics) to the African countries Mercy Ships visits on a rotating basis. A repurposed Danish passenger ferry, she took to the seas in 2007 after a very useful bridge built […]
Improving operating room teamwork and communication has shown to dramatically improve surgical safety. The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is a communication tool that reduces preventable human errors by improving communication and teamwork in the operating room. It has shown to cut death rates nearly in half.
Today we launch the Lifebox-Smile Train pulse oximeter with our long-standing partner Smile Train to scale up access to pulse oximetry for anesthesia and critical care. Pulse oximeters rapidly measure the oxygen level of the blood and are essential for patient monitoring during anesthesia and in intensive care. This easy-to-use device is the only piece […]
Launched in 2016, the Lifebox-Medisin Rep Scheme is where student activism meets global action – offering the opportunity for students to gain valuable skills while helping Lifebox to make surgery and anaesthesia safer worldwide. . We’re looking for three UK-based students to support the management and expansion of the scheme next year in three areas:communications, […]
