If you’re keen to learn about global health and have 2-3 days available per week in the coming months, please consider applying for this exciting fixed-term post. PURPOSE OF ROLE To support the various administrative needs of our operations, ranging from support to seasonal giving campaigns and events, to travel bookings and the organizing of […]
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Lifebox raise funds for safer anesthesia each year with the ASA-Lifebox Resident Challenge
'One Crucial Piece of Equipment': Improving anesthesia monitoring with The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph.
An interview with Dr. Suleiman on the enormous challenges in Liberia in providing safe surgery and anesthesia.
Dr. Takuo Aoyagi’s invention of the pulse oximeter has saved the lives of millions of people across the globe.
But what else could they do? It’s the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, when MSF concluded that “you can’t stop genocide with doctors.” The current situation in Central African Republic (CAR), Syria and Somalia is devastating, with MSF losing colleagues and in some cases having to pull back for the first time in 22 years. […]
From the instant of publication in 2005, ‘Deaths Associated with Anaesthesia in Togo, West Africa’ was famous. We knew that anaesthesia in a low-resource setting could be dangerous – that without the equipment, support and training safety hallmarks of higher-resource colleagues, patients were at increased risk. But Fatou Ouro-Bang’na and colleagues gave us a number, […]
Decades earlier, Professor Soyannwo’s son was born by emergency C-section, without oxygen monitoring. His brain was deprived of oxygen, and helives now with the long-term effects of prolonged hypoxia. Pulse oximetry monitoring could have changed his life. And in sharing her son’s story, Professor Olaitan made the case for pulse oximetry, changing the Checklist, setting […]
Put the 2016 Olympics in your global health calendar – we’re going to Rio! Or at least we’re going to #Lifeboxes4Rio, as our co-founders at Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) launch a bold, two-year bid to make surgery safer. The goal of Lifeboxes for Rio is simple: raise funds for the […]
In an article in the ASA Monitor, Dr. Brian Vaughan, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Charitable Foundation Board Member and the 2022 University of Cincinnati team captain, reflects on the impact of the ASA-Lifebox Resident Challenge and why participants should join. Read the full article here. The ASA-Lifebox Resident Challenge is an annual peer-to-peer fundraiser […]
