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We are excited to share that Lifebox’s work has been featured in the latest edition of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) Bulletin. The article shines a powerful light on the strength and resilience of surgical teams working in some of the toughest places on earth. It tells the story of how, in war, pandemics, […]

As we end the week that we have marked World patient safety day,  it is essential to draw attention to the life-saving role of capnography in ensuring safe anesthesia practices in operating rooms around the world. Without this vital monitoring tool, anesthesia providers are effectively “flying blind”—a dangerous reality for millions of patients in low-resource […]

Boston holds a special place in our hearts as our co-founders Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, along with so many of our council members and supporters are based there. So we’re looking forward to catching up with our colleagues leading the way for safer global anaesthesia and surgery. As […]

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 […]

Last month we… Welcomed the end of the  year with our 2016 Annual Review – packed with stats, stories and photos of a year in safer surgery and anaesthesia Published our beautifully designed and practical pulse oximeter educational videos – available in Amharic, English, French, Hindi and Spanish Said goodbye to a global health pioneer, […]

Summer is winding down but AAGBI members are turning up the gears on their carbon frame bikes!  They’re getting ready to pedal off this weekend for the Annual Congress in Harrogate – breaking a sweat, raising money and saving lives with the proceeds. This year’s cycle splits funds for two causes – Lifebox and the […]

Not every comic is meant to be funny. While the Scottish city of Dundee’s classic troublemaker Dennis the Menace always lunged for the elbow, one of its newer residents has gone for the incision. Handiwork: surgery in sequential art, by Emmanouil Kapazoglou, adapts the comic strip format to tell a serious story that is both […]

The late Dr Vincent James Hughes was a Canadian anesthesiologist who dedicated his professional life to improving anaesthesia care worldwide. He spent ten years working in the West Indies; ten as a physician-anesthesiologist in Zimbabwe, and ten back home at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, where he continued to support outreach programmes in low-resource settings. […]

Lifebox is standing a little taller this week – approximately 46,000 times taller!  That’s the size of the American Society of Anesthesiologists membership, and you might have seen from our website that this anaesthetic colossus recently launched a campaign to support us. ASA held their annual meeting in Chicago last week, and invited Lifebox along […]