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'One Crucial Piece of Equipment': Improving anesthesia monitoring with The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph.

At Lifebox, we are driven by data to inform and shape our work. An evidence-based approach is how we build our programs and monitor their impact, to keep learning and improving.

Access to healthcare is limited by a lack of resources and staff with only 0.7 physicians and 1.1 nurses per 1,000 population. Of its 15,500 operating rooms, over 7,000 lack pulse oximetry – leaving millions of people to undergo surgery at great risk. So it will come as no surprise that India is a key […]

Education is a key component of Lifebox’s work, because we know that equipment alone isn’t the solution – lives are saved by the team that knows how to use it. So our materials are designed to help in-country and visiting healthcare providers get the most out of their oximeter. How do you make technical instructions easy and engaging to follow? […]

Boston-area hospitals are competing to raise money for Lifebox. There’s already been a fundraising breakfast held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, but the big event of the season will be the Sunday, June 3rd Lifebox Golf Cup at Stow Acres Country Club. Stay tuned for more information, or click here to see the latest […]

Kris is passionate about humanitarian action, with a career spanning New York, Geneva, Monrovia and beyond. She saw the scale of the global surgery and anaesthesia crisis – and the critical need to address it – long before she knew Lifebox, and we’re utterly delighted that she’ll be leading the team. Time to get to […]

We’ll have a stand and will be spreading the word about our Lifebox pulse oximeter and education programme. Information in French can be downloaded here, and we hope that Francophone delegates will enjoy our latest ‘how to’ oximeter video. Lifebox has a long history of working in Africa – from our collaborations with colleagues in […]

Last month we… Honored the importance of global surgery stories as we witnessed the Checklist Effect receive its fourth award at the Global Cinema Film Festival in Boston Celebrated International Women’s Day by sharing perspectives of our inspiring female safer surgery and anaesthesia champions around the world #IWDSurgery #BeBoldForChange Partnered with the AAGBI, the WFSA […]

Last month we… Listened to our founder and chair Atul Gawande’s TED Talk in Vancouver (his last one was viewed more than 1.5 million times!) Joined obstetricians and gynaecologists at the Royal College of O&G World Congress in Cape Town, consulting with this critical community for global surgery, and sharing their perspectives on camera Proudly […]