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Lifebox Foundation

Co-founder Atul Gawande makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lifebox Foundation.

Co-founder Atul Gawande makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lifebox Foundation. The charity works with healthcare teams around the world to analyse risks to patients and provide solutions, like strengthening infection prevention, improving safety practices like checklists, or providing equipment.

The Radio 4 Appeal features a new charity every week.
Each appeal then runs on Radio 4 from Sunday 0754 for 7 days.

To Give:
- Freephone 0800 404 8144
- Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. (That’s the whole address. Please do not write anything else on the front of the envelope). Mark the back of the envelope ‘Lifebox Foundation'.
- Cheques should be made payable to ‘Lifebox Foundation'.
- You can donate online at bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4
- Please ensure you are donating to the correct charity by checking the name of the charity on the donate page.

Registered Charity Number: 1143018. If you’d like to find out more about the charity’s work visit *https://www.lifebox.org/
*The BBC is not responsible for content on external websites

Producer: Katy Takatsuki

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Lifebox Foundation

Lifebox is a global charity working with healthcare teams in low-resource settings to make surgery and anaesthesia safer. We partner with local clinicians across Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide essential equipment, training and support.

Surgical care in Ethiopia

Surgical care in Ethiopia
At Yekatit 12 Hospital in Addis Ababa, teams care for patients through complexprocedures. Lifebox works alongside local clinicians to identify safety gaps andstrengthen the equipment, skills and systems that help protect patients.

Preparing a patient for surgery

Preparing a patient for surgery
Safe surgery depends on having the right tools and training. At Yekatit 12 Hospital,Lifebox has provided essential monitoring equipment and trained the team to use it,helping providers detect and respond to problems during surgery.

A Lifebox capnograph

A Lifebox capnograph
This capnograph, provided by Lifebox to Yekatit 12 Hospital, helps surgical teams tospot dangerous problems with a patient’s breathing during surgery before theybecome life-threatening. Many hospitals still lack access to this equipment andtraining.

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This week's Radio 4 Appeal

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