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Dr. Atul Gawande Co-founded Lifebox and served as Chair of the organization for its first ten years. As Chair, he oversaw Lifebox’s global work to improve the safety of surgery and anesthesia worldwide.

Lifebox 2022 milestones: A year in review making surgery and anesthesia safer in 2022

Ten years since the launch of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, one of the significant benefits has been improved teamwork and communication in the operating room, so what better way to embed this than through multidisciplinary teamwork training? A few years ago, Lifebox trustee Iain Wilson came up with the idea of ‘SAFE OR course,’ […]

Decades earlier, Professor Soyannwo’s son was born by emergency C-section, without oxygen monitoring. His brain was deprived of oxygen, and helives now with the long-term effects of prolonged hypoxia. Pulse oximetry monitoring could have changed his life. And in sharing her son’s story, Professor Olaitan made the case for pulse oximetry, changing the Checklist, setting […]

Lifebox works to improve the safety of surgery and anesthesia in low and middle-income countries. Our partners are now on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response. Lifebox is rapidly refocusing our relevant tools and training materials to help support them.

The Perioperative Infection Prevention and Control focuses on the protocols to follow for six key perioperative infection prevention and control practices: Antibiotic prophylaxis Gauze counts Instrument reprocessing Skin decontamination Surgical linen integrity WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use The course is available for free on the Lifebox Learning Network – our open access online learning platform. Go […]

Why is surgery such an important aspect of women’s health? Surgery is a broad area of specialization that cuts across race, tribe and gender. But the impact of the surgical revolution on the outcome of breast cancer – the most common female cancer – has been priceless. Breast conservation has reduced negative body image issues, […]

On 21 April 2020, Dr. Abebe Bekele of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda chaired a webinar of global experts to discuss ‘Guidance for Perioperative Preparedness in Sub-Saharan Africa During COVID-19’ as published in Annals of Surgery and responded to viewer questions.

Dr. Othin explains why every operating room in Uganda needs to be equipped with capnography.