Every so often, a pregnant woman whose water broke the day before — maybe even two or three days before — is rushed into the urban teaching hospital where Dr. Rosemary Ogu delivers babies and trains new doctors. The mother has waited to come to the hospital and now she needs urgent medical attention.  In… Continue reading Enhancing best practices to improve childbirth care in Nigeria

By Sarah Kessler Lifebox Foundation is the only NGO in the world devoted to safer surgery in low-resource countries. An independent charity led by Ariadne Labs Executive Director Atul Gawande, we deliver targeted interventions that support effective use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in some of the most challenging surgical environments around the world.… Continue reading Five years of Lifebox: 10 million stories of safer surgery

By Rose Molina, MD I am an obstetrician/gynecologist and my husband, George Molina, is a resident in general surgery. Recently we saw our specialties converge, and I found myself answering an interesting question: “Does George want to switch specialties?” George and a group of fellow surgeons at Ariadne Labs and Stanford published a JAMA article… Continue reading Razing Research Silos