Although the Lifebox mission is to ensure that all operating rooms have access to a pulse oximeter, we know that they can play a lifesaving role outside of surgery. The boy, 16 months old and unconscious, was lying limp on the floor of the children’s ward at the Martha Primary Health Care Centre, spooned […]
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Namukabo Werungah is a health and science reporter from Nairobi with a passion for maternal health. We spoke to her at the recent General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA), following a side event hosted by Jhpiego, GE Foundation, Safe Surgery 2020 and the G4 Alliance. Featuring our global CEO Kris Torgeson, the panel addressed […]
"You want to make sure that the surgery you are performing is safe for your patient so that no complications arise." OB-GYN Dr. Kezelebah Goyah discusses providing safe maternal healthcare in Liberia.
“To make people count, we first need to be able to count people,” said then WHO Director General Lee Jong-Wook in 2003/last week on the excellent Guardian Global Development Professionals Network. If only ‘counting people’ was as easy as 1,2,3. Good data gathering takes planning, it takes money, and it takes time you really don’t […]
Lifebox co-signs letter to the UK government highlighting the need for vaccine equity across the world.
A multi-year strategic partnership to elevate the quality and safety of cleft and pediatric surgery worldwide
The Lifebox 2021 Annual Report details the impact of Lifebox's work to make surgery and anesthesia safer globally.
The WHO (World Health Organization) Surgical Safety Checklist is a simple communication tool that has been proven to reduce complications and deaths from unsafe surgery by up to 40%.
