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Possibilities for future cooperation were discussed when Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Dr Diane Gashumba, met with the Life Support Foundation Board last week in Stockholm. In a country where there are less than 30 Anaesthetist Doctors, the needs of specialist training and knowledge sharing were stressed. The meeting between representatives

Lukten av blod och antiseptiskt medel vilar över sjukhusbyggnadens enkelt inredda rum. Direkt innanför entrén sitter mammor på rad med dropp, i väntan på kejsarsnitt. Ibland ändras ordningen när ett mer akut fall måste prioriteras. Luftkonditioneringen har inte fungerat på länge och det är en mycket varm dag i Dar

Our obstetric anesthesia and obstetric emergency care course will be held again at Amana Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, between 8th and 12th of May. Together with local staff, Swedish health care professionals will lecture and lead scenario exercises, to increase the basic knowledge in saving the lives of

There is an urgent need for donated laptops and mobile phones for Life Support Foundation projects in Malawi. Please contact Tim Baker: tim@lifesupportfoundation.org Thanks / Tack / Asante / Zikomo, Life Support Foundation   Read more about our work in Malawi: http://www.lifesupportfoundation.org/news/research-project-on-critical-illness-launched-in-malawi/ http://www.lifesupportfoundation.org/news/improving-critical-care-in-the-worlds-poorest-country/ http://www.lifesupportfoundation.org/uncategorized/life-support-foundation-expands-to-malawi/

Life Support Foundation launched the research project ”Critical Illness and Sepsis Prevalence & Outcomes Study” (CRISPOS) last week at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. The project aims to determine how many patients are critically ill in hospitals globally, and to investigate their outcomes. – CRISPOS will generate new

Anesthesia: Averting Maternal Mortality. This is the theme for the Annual Conference of the Society of Anaesthesiologists of Tanzania, SATA, in May 2017. Deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth remains high in low-resource settings and reducing them is a priority area for Life Support Foundation, which will take an active

120 critically ill patients and only four beds in the Intensive Care Unit. Working in the world’s poorest country, Malawi, Dr Tim Baker faces agonizing ethical dilemmas. But his dedicated colleagues at Queen Elisabeth Hospital, Blantyre, make it all worthwhile. – Life Support Foundation works to improve critical care, anaesthesia

Vill du vara med i vårt arbete för att rädda liv? Du får veta hur på Life Support Foundations åttonde orienteringsdag den 18 februari 2017. Välkommen du som är intresserad av att undervisa i Tanzania, göra projekt eller veta mer om Life Support Foundations arbete i Tanzania och i Sverige.

Varför dör fler människor av åkommor som kräver kirurgi än av hiv, malaria och tbc tillsammans? Missa inte vår film där vi inför jul vill visa på de enorma skillnaderna inom akutsjukvården i världen. I Tanzania finns 22 narkosläkare på 49 miljoner invånare. I Sverige finns 2979 narkosläkare på 9,9

An interactive training course has made doctors and nurses in Dar es Salaam better equipped to take care of critically ill children. It was held in November by Life Support Foundation’s paediatric team in collaboration with Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital and the department of paediatrics at Muhimbili National Hospital. “I