What was your first experience of anesthesia in a low-resource setting? I spent two months in the Solomon Islands, at the end of medical school. It was totally eye-opening because I’d done all my training around the South East of England. Suddenly here I was on a tropical island, very little in the way of […]
There are many ways in which you can help Lifebox put pulse oximeters into operating rooms which don’t have them – in the process saving thousands of lives. You can hold bake sales, tell your friends, family and colleagues about the important work that we do, and take part in triathlons and other sporting events. […]
Did you know that in 2006 the Rwandan government banned plastic bags in the capital city of Kigali? Today the grass, unpocked with litter, is buena vista green. Thanks to the civic and environmental efforts of the last few years, Kigali is one of the cleanest cities you could hope to visit. Another fact about […]
The funding means that we’re able to launch an ambitious project in Tanzania – making surgery and anaesthesia safer across the north of the country. Lifebox will be partnering with Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), a large referral hospital that lies in the foothills of the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania. We have worked […]
Lifebox is top of the fold of Page2Anesthesiology today, the blog for the journal Anesthesiology. Editor Dr J. Lance Lichtor asks readers to: ‘First, consider the ASA standards for basic anesthetic monitoring… Second, as an example, compare the GDP per capita in the United States ($47,200, according to a 2010 estimate) to Uganda ($1,300 in […]
What appealed to you about Lifebox, and why did you want to join the team? In my matching process with ServiceCorps, I was immediately attracted to Lifebox for two reasons. One, the highly focused mission of the organisation. Lifebox was born to address a specific, critical need. The clarity of mission removes the question of […]
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 poster and annual review! Back from her elective in the West Indies, in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, we […]
If you’re keen to learn about global health and have 2-3 days available per week in the coming months, please consider applying for this exciting fixed-term post. PURPOSE OF ROLE To support the various administrative needs of our operations, ranging from support to seasonal giving campaigns and events, to travel bookings and the organizing of […]
Team CLEFT is a new workshop by Smile Train and Lifbox designed for nurses, anesthesia providers and surgeons which supports Cleft teams to learn together.
Lifebox and COAST light up operating rooms worldwide with the Lifebox Light: a low-cost, high quality headlight to make surgery safer in low-resource operating rooms
