The poster has been awarded first place in the Global Health Clinical Practice category at the 4th East of England Global Health Conference, showcasing our work on the Clean Cut program.
What motivated you to apply for the Lifebox Fellowship? Working in a low-resource setting has been a long-standing ambition of mine, but I wanted to ensure I had the technical skills, maturity and support to deal with the complex challenges I would undoubtedly face. The Lifebox fellowship was appealing to me because it is a […]
Lifebox sent an oximeter and the hospital found funding to buy some additional units. But Benson told us some very difficult stories about his anaesthesia practice, and we knew that these few units wouldn’t be enough to keep patients safely monitored in the operating rooms across the region. That was back in October. Coming on for […]
They kick up enough fuss about the Oscars and those things roll around every 12 months. At Lifebox we’re much more excited about the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA), which takes place on an exclusive four-year basis. And suddenly WCA 2012, hosted this time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is less than a week away! The congress, […]
When you were growing up what did you want to be? I wanted to be a medical doctor. What motivated you to become an anaesthetist? When I was a medical student in 5th grade I started to go to the OR, and in every procedure I always wondered what the anaesthetist was doing with the […]
The Fellowship will involve developing and delivering a sustainable and high-impact QI project in collaboration with local colleagues, in addition to taking part in delivery of anaesthesia care. Upon completion of the Fellowship, you can expect to have completed the ‘Anaesthesia in developing countries’ and ‘Improvement Science, Safe and Reliable Systems’ units within the RCOA […]
The Fellowship will involve developing and delivering a sustainable and high-impact QI project in collaboration with local colleagues, in addition to taking part in delivery of anaesthesia care. Upon completion of the Fellowship, you can expect to have completed the ‘Anaesthesia in developing countries’ and ‘Improvement Science, Safe and Reliable Systems’ units within the RCOA […]
Pulse oximeters are a critical tool in patient triage and clinical decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as ongoing COVID-19 care. During the pandemic, Lifebox distributed more than 8,000 pulse oximeters for COVID-19 patient management.
It started with this photo: Actually that’s not true. It started with this article, backed up by this article, which prompted Dr Sephalie Patel, a resident anesthesiologist at the University of Florida, to propose a challenge: 100 percent departmental support for Lifebox. Clearly the U of F anesthesiology department, like its football team, plays for the […]
Improving the safety of C-sections to save mothers' lives in Ethiopia with Lifebox's Clean Cut Program. This work is part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges initiative, funded by UBS Optimus Foundation
