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… is to identify and procure a robust, easy to use, and affordable capnography device that will help improve anaesthesia safety for children around the world. Smile Train and Lifebox have launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a … been widely available in operating rooms in high-income countries for decades. Despite being listed as an ‘essential’ safety monitoring device by the WHO-WFSA International Standards for a Safe Practice of Anesthesia there is a lack of … Finding a robust capnography solution to address the global ‘capnography gap’ could see a significant improvement in the safety of anaesthesia practice worldwide. The Capnography Project is part of the Smile Train-Lifebox Safe Surgery and …
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… in people’s lives. Priya was working at the Harvard School of Public Health on the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Movement Campaign when she had the opportunity to partner with Smile Train. After her work was finished, Priya was … opened — she applied and, to her elation, got the job. Priya has spent the years since continuously refining the safety and quality protocols for Smile Train surgeries around the world. Erin Stieber, Smile Train’s Vice President of … to act as an intermediary. Through hard work and ingenuity, she’s improved communication and strengthened cleft care safety and quality processes.” I‘m motivated to come to work every day — I see my own children’s faces in the children we …
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… nothing wrong with the way he looked,” she said. He was a very happy boy until he started attending school. Outside the safety of home and his mother’s protection, he was bullied incessantly. The worst part was the long walk to and from …
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… begging not to have to go back. Maria had no choice. She pulled him out of school to protect his mental and physical safety even as she lay awake each night terrified for his future. Then she learned about the ABC Clinic, a Smile Train …
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… a role in global health. A year later, Smile Train phoned back with a medical programme manager role with a focus on safety and quality, managing the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) and expanding our surgical and non-surgical comprehensive … in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. I think that taught us that including local voices is the only way to improve safety and quality on the ground. That’s the essence of our partnership model. Every global healthcare organisation seeks … With every member of the STRIAC and with Susie, the primary focus has never been the numbers. It has always been about safety and the welfare of our patients. Research underpins everything that we do and it’s essential to ensuring that our …
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… to sing for them, but she felt so ashamed that she would only sing a short verse or two before retreating back to the safety of her room. Now, Amelie says her safe space is on stage, singing and dancing with her friends. A Mother’s …
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… I am working as a Fellow on a new programme by Smile Train and Lifebox called Clean Cut for Cleft to improve surgical safety for children with clefts. Most patients with clefts in Ethiopia are sponsored by Smile Train to receive treatment …
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… staff did an assessment with LUTH and provided the hospital with special surgical instruments and a standardised patient safety procedure. With ongoing support, Smile Train donated pulse oximeters which are used to monitor patients after …
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… their basic human needs reinforces health inequalities. Tell us about your role as co-chair of the Taskforce on Neonatal Safety in Cleft Care for the 2022 International Cleft Congress ? Newborns with clefts throughout Africa are threatened by …
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… in the world that has integrated nursing into its framework. Smile Train is supporting nurses training on cleft surgical safety and nurse participation in a course on research design and methodology. This five-year plan is now being …
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… and after the event, she came to my office to explain all we needed to do to be accepted, including completing a full safety audit of CHU and a lot of paperwork. It seemed quite complicated, but she assured me that we would get through it, …
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… with a cleft. Below, she shares an honest account of her family’s long and fraught journey to the care, dignity, and safety all people deserve. Smile Train and our local partner Asociación Civil Mision Caritas Felices are proud to have …