Why is surgery such an important aspect of women’s health? Surgery is important in women’s health because women are a fundamental part of the society we live in. Surgery can prevent a large number of deaths from cancers of the female reproductive system and breast cancer – causes of significant morbidity and mortality in our […]
In the developing countries we are facing a massive surgical disease burden – and women are affected severely. From ever increasing trauma to obstetrics and gynecological issues and female cancers like breast cancer. Access to safe and timely surgery are imperative to keep women healthy and productive – as mothers, as breadwinners, as employees, as […]
It’s late on a Monday and l’ve been scrolling through my Twitter feed for the past hour. I don’t normally spend this much time on one Twitter session but it’s almost as if I’m reading a book that I just can’t put down! The reason for this: it’s the night after International Women’s Day. March […]
My name is Emma Spencer and I’m a final year medical student at the University of Bristol in the UK. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend a month last year at Kitovu Hospital in South Western Uganda, with visiting colleagues from the Great Western Hospital, Swindon. When thinking of how best […]
The AAAC brings together anaesthesia providers from across the continent, and partners from around the world. But what makes a valuable partnership, and what are some concrete steps international groups can take to be most supportive in the next three years? We asked three incredible champions for safe anaesthesia – Dr Mwemezi Kaino, Head of […]
It’s easy to classify countries at distance. Hot/cold. High/low-income. From far away, it’s OK, but up close – as the Clueless truism goes – it’s a big old mess. Particularly when it comes to income. In the last twenty years, classified and classifications have drifted apart. Today, more than 70 percent of the world’s poor […]
This study demonstrated that communication is critical, and an effective communication plan within and between facilities, as well as between providers across the health system and even between countries, is essential and should be established immediately. A task force that can oversee this dynamic situation and provide additional guidance and interpretation of directives (from ministries […]
Since 2012 at Euroanaesthesia in Paris, the generosity and commitment of ESA members and membership societies has helped to support thousands of safer surgeries through Lifebox’s equipment and training projects – across and beyond the continent. But at Euroanaesthesia 2016 in London, the ESA-Lifebox Europe Project took Lifebox’s fifth anniversary celebration to a whole new […]
What difference can it make? We asked Joseph Nibigira and Muvunyi Pamphile, two nurse anaesthetists from Burundi, who attended a small Lifebox® workshop in Kibuye. Read on to hear from Joseph in English below. What was the most useful part of the workshop? I liked the material used to teach us how to use pulse oximeters. […]
So it was a nice collaboration when Gradian Health Systems, a not-for-profit provider of anaesthesia machines for low-resource settings, recently bought 20 Lifebox pulse oximeters for each of its UAM machines, currently in facilities across Nepal, Malawi, Nigeria and Ghana. In a surgical setting where electricity may be unreliable and even essential equipment scarce, it is […]
