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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The Oromia Regional Health Bureau (RHB) took a significant next step in its drive to make surgery and anaesthesia safer for tens of thousands of patients in the region, expanding the Clean Cut surgical site infection (SSI) reduction programme with partners in Minilik II Hospital, St. Peter’s Specialized Hospital, and the Fitche […]

Mark your calendars!  A busy week for safer surgery in Armenia, starting Sunday as the ‘Safety in Surgery and Updates of Obstetric Anaesthesia’ conference comes to Yerevan. The Armenian Society of Anaesthesiologists and Intensive Care Specialists (ASAICS) is joined by Kybele, Inc in the capital city, for refresher training with all eyes on a safer […]

We asked Daniel Berman. Daniel’s the Lead of the Global Health Team at Nesta, charged with taking the brilliant idea of a Surgical Equity Prize and bringing it to life. Scroll down to learn more about the process of prize development, why now’s the time for a surgery prize, and how the Challenges of Our […]

Hello everyone, This is my first blog as a student representative for Lifebox! How did I get involved with Lifebox – and why? My interest in global surgery and anaesthesia and equality in healthcare stemmed from my experiences in charity work particularly in Cambodia. My time there was spent teaching health and English to children […]

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 […]

“South Sudan is a brand new country, adjusting to its newfound independence.  The infrastructure and the finances are not yet fully developed, and Juba Teaching Hospital frequently has no electricity or running water.  However, when there is emergency surgery to be done, we have to work in spite of this. It is not uncommon to […]

Name: Sally Davies    Role: President of the Medical Women’s Federation  Location: U.K. #IWDSurgery  Why is health care a women’s issue? Women are vital to health care as they raise the future generations. Good care of women in pregnancy, delivery, early years and provision of immunisation and education are factors that not only improve the health […]

When implemented effectively, the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist significantly reduces complications and mortality associated with surgery. In order to share best practices for adapting and implementing the Checklist in specific contexts, Lifebox is developing a Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation Workshop. In November, with the support of the UBS Optimus Foundation, Lifebox teamed up with the […]

“We have a couple of monitors from the US.  Lovely, lovely multi-parameter monitors – but they only work with a battery.  And they didn’t send the battery.” “People send things with the best of intentions, but they’re not thinking about where these things are going to be used,” explained Dr Eva Manciles-Robert, when she visited […]