Back in the late 1990s, an Ethiopian doctor was working with a Norwegian institution to fund a plastic surgery unit at his hospital. When he wanted to speak to them by phone, he’d stay at his mother’s house to use the landline. When they needed to email him he’d go to the university library, ask […]
This spring we announced our second technical stream of work, in collaboration with the GE Foundation and local partners: reduction of surgical site infection. Led by Lifebox trustee and global surgery expert Tom Weiser, this 18 month project will be piloted in Ethiopia, and focusing on systematic ways to combat this devastating complication for surgical […]
This study found a high cancellation rate, most attributable to late start times leading to delays for the remainder of cases, and lack of preoperative patient preparation. In a setting with a high unmet burden of surgical disease, operating room (OR) efficiency must be maximized with improved patient evaluation workflows, adequate OR staffing and commitment […]
Lifebox investors (aka incredible donors) aren’t looking for financial returns. They know our currency is safer surgery and anaesthesia, and that we measure ourselves against a different gold standard. How many pulse oximeters have we distributed this year? How many partnerships did we create? What percentage of healthcare workers leave a Lifebox training workshop more […]
“I am Mubarak Mohamed, Head of Anesthesia at Edna Adan University Hospital in the capital city of Somaliland – Hargeisa. The number of COVID-19 cases nationally has dropped, but we are waiting for the second wave.
Student groups who see global surgery in their future, OR teams curious to see how hospitals around the world are introducing the WHO Checklist, armchair travellers ready to rove from Uganda to Mongolia – get inspired by Emory med student Zayan Mahmooth’s reflection below, and click here to get started! “On October 9, 2017, people […]
It’s Friday 10th of February and for the first time this year I didn’t wake up in Bristol to a cold, dark world of dustbin men and frozen windscreens. Instead I woke up to the sound of the mosque at 5am, to dogs barking outside my window, and to unfamiliar birdsong. If thousands of miles […]
This study demonstrates that the Lifebox Clean Cut program improved infection prevention standards to reduce the rates of infection by 35% for all surgical patients. Authors: J. A. Forrester, N. Starr , T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohanne, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. […]
What global surgery experience did you have before starting your Lifebox Fellowship? At the end of my medical school training I wanted to see what surgery was like elsewhere – my experience had only been in the United States. I spent time at a couple hospitals in Nepal, which was incredibly eye-opening. I took call […]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards a Grand Challenges initiative to Lifebox to improve the safety of cesarean-sections in Ethiopia.
