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Would you like to be a Visiting Lecturer in Anaesthesia in Tanzania? This is an exciting opportunity to work within this field for Lifebox. All Resident physicians from Europe are wellcome to apply for the position. OVERALL AIM Assist with revision and delivery of the anaesthesia diploma curriculum at Kilimanjaro

– Jag har insett att jag kan göra något som spelar roll på riktigt. Jag kan bidra till att rädda liv med enkla medel, genom att dela med mig av min kunskap. Det säger Marja Lindqvist, narkosläkare på Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset i Solna, som i november förra året undervisade på Life

Would you like to share your knowledge with colleagues in Tanzania? It is now time to apply for participation as a teacher on the Training Course in Obstetric Anaesthesia Including Neonatal Resuscitation at Muhimbili Hospital, Dar es Salaam, in October 25-27, 2016, (preliminary dates). Previous teachers have seen this opportunity

Theater nurse Sara Lekey now feels better equipped to save lives in emergency situations. – We face a lot of challenges in our work, many patients and a shortage of staff, but I have received something new to help me. It is good that we get to practice what we

Through her new skills Eva Shanga managed to save the life of an acutely ill 16 years old boy – a day that she will never forget. She is able to study to become a specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care through sponsorship from Life Support Foundation and EDUF. Her

Dr Mpoki Ulisubisya, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health in Tanzania, will attend this year’s SFAI (Swedish Association of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care) conference in Karlstad, Sweden on the 21-23 of September. Dr Mpoki was one of the first doctors to be trained as an Anaesthesiologist in Tanzania and

Today, on the International Women’s Day, close to 1000 mothers will die due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. Doctor Hilda Joseph Kanama in Tanzania is dedicated to save more lives through her new skills in Obstetric Emergency Care. She also wants to encourage other young women to choose

Life Support Foundation has recruited four Local Project Administrators in Dar es Salaam. The aim is to strengthen the cooperation with the hospitals and medical associations in Tanzania and to work more strategically in the areas of Anaesthesia, Acute Obstetrics and Intensive Care in the country. – The need to

“I want my son to become a doctor, assisting during childbirth just as we have been helped today,” says Zaituni Juma, 22 years old, in Tanzania. She was scared that her baby would die due to complications, as her friend’s child did.. Life Support Foundation has trained 441 doctors and

Life Support Foundation is invited to participate at the annual conference of the Swedish Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care “SFAI-veckan” in September 2016. SFAI’s annual conference (Svensk Förening för Anestesi och Intensivvård) will take place in Karlstad on the 21-23 of September, and will include a one-hour long symposium

Ödmjukhet, nya idéer och massor av inspiration. Det fick Anna Granström med sig hem i bagaget efter Life Support Foundations och MKAIC:s kurs i Dar es Salaam förra året. Nu är det hög tid att anmäla sig till nästa orienteringsdag, den 30 januari på KS, för dem som är intresserade