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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

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