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 […]
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 […]
Essential monitoring and education changes practice and saves lives – and now there’s a study proving that the Lifebox model does just that.’Evaluation of a large-scale donation of Lifebox pulse oximeters to non-physician anaesthetists in Uganda‘ published in this month’s Anaesthesia journal shows that when oximeters are donated to operating rooms they stay where they are […]
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. […]
The Lifebox Pulse Oximetry: self-learning course is an interactive online course for healthcare providers to learn more about pulse oximetry and how it can be used to improve patient care
We’ve been privileged to support incredible teams across the country since 2015, when we joined the world’s largest floating NGO hospital, Mercy Ships on a visit inland to deliver WHO Checklist training – alongside Lifebox pulse oximeter distribution and training. We’re excited to hear that the oximeter at Maintirano, one of 100 donated by our […]
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 […]
When you were growing up what did you want to be? When I was growing up I wanted to be doctor. Just like any child, I wanted to be doctor but didn’t know the reason, as time went by, my reasons got clearer and clearer. What motivated you to become an anaesthesiologist? I never planned […]
Why is surgery such an important aspect of women’s health? Some of the top causes of premature death of women in Africa are maternal deaths and cancer related deaths largely from breast and cervical cancers. Many of these causes are amenable to surgical intervention and treatment if detected early. Though surgery is an essential part […]
