Delivering safe anaesthesia to the world's poorest people

Safe Anaesthesia Worldwide saves lives by providing anaesthesia to people in need.

Most of us take the availability of anaesthesia for granted. But millions of people in the developing world are not so fortunate. In poor countries, many hospitals lack suitable anaesthetic equipment, medicines and trained staff.

Hospitals are few and far between, so people may have to make long hazardous journeys to reach them, often when they are desperately ill. Without anaesthesia emergency operations cannot be performed and many patients do not survive, especially women in childbirth and children.

Anaesthesia is crucial for surgery to treat many life-threatening conditions. Safe Anaesthesia Worldwide was formed to ensure that the benefits of anaesthesia are available wherever needed so that patients can receive the treatment they need, safely and painlessly.

We cannot do this without your help, so please visit our Support page and make a donation today.