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Severe bleeding threatened Dora Emilis life, and could have left her five children motherless. Happily she is alive, but 8000 mothers die every year in her country Tanzania. Spreading the knowledge and use of the ABCs of life support can have a great impact on the survival of mothers and

Swedish BB Stockholm gave Christmas Present of the Year 2015, to Life Support Foundations work to prevent mothers and babies death through critical care in Tanzania. Through obstretic care, BB Stockholm serves many residents in the capital area of Sweden, but also reaches out to help pregnant mothers and their

What they have seen in Sweden will help them save more babies lives. Kandi Muze and Jacqueline Shoo are determined to spread knowledge of correct early treatments for babies in Tanzania. The weather may not be as chilly as normal for December, but Dr Kandi Catherine Muze and Dr Jacqueline

Life Support Foundation 2015 has been the most productive year yet for Life Support Foundation. We have dramatically increased our activities, carried out many projects and spread awareness of global anaesthesia and intensive care in Sweden, Tanzania and other countries. Our work has helped to improve the care for some

An Alumni Association has been started for doctors and nurses in Tanzania who have visited Sweden as part of the Life Support Foundation/MKAIC exchange programme. The aim is to spread the knowledge about anaesthesia, intensive care and obstetrics throughout the country. A number of doctors and nurses from Tanzania have

LSF and MKAIC Paediatrics welcome Dr Jaqueline Shoo and Dr Kandi Muze from the Department of Paediatrics at Muhimbili Hospital to a two week visit to Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital in Huddige. The visit includes training at the Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation along with auscultation at the neonatology wards,

He lived on the street, but never gave up his dream. Today Michael Christian is a nurse anaesthetist at Bagamoyo District Hospital, and is dedicated to save lives. For his heart touching words of a mother that he will never forget, he won the essay competition at the latest course

Trauma kills more people than malaria, HIV and TBC together. As a step towards improving care and saving more lives, a Trauma Anesthesia Training Course has for the first time been held at Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute (MOI) in Dar es Salaam through a collaboration between MOI and MKAIC / Life

“Step by step, by working together, we can improve anaestethic and obstretic care, and we will save lives.” This was the opening message delivered by Dr Berith Tingåker at the Muhimbili Hospital on Monday the 9 of November when a new course in Obstretic Anaesthesia started in Dar es Salaam,

Tim Bakers doktorsavhandling ”Critical Care in Low Resource Settings – ABC” blir startskottet för att rädda fler mödrars och spädbarns liv i Tanzania. Direkt efter disputationen på fredag den 6 november, startar Life Support Foundation ett tvåårigt projekt i Dar Es Salaam. Miljontals mödrar och barn i världen dör trots