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- We send doctors to Africa to train African colleagues to teach medical student more skills.
  
  When CNIS Started 1 in 13 women in Sub Saharan Africa died a maternal death
  
  CNIS with your support we will drop this number down to Zero
"CNIS has trained over 22,000 health care professionals" Donate
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- We teach life saving skills to Africans; We teach kids conflict resolution to lower injury rates in the future; We build labs; we send books and information. BUT most of all we empower the African people by giving them the tools and training to save themselves.
  
  Injury Kills More People Than HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Combined
"Every man woman and child is worthy of proper Medicine" Donate
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- Every year, 500,000 Women Die a Maternal Death. More Than Half are from Sub-Saharan Africa.
  
  Most common injury death for children under 5 in Africa is BURNS.
  
  CNIS Train the Trainer approach allows us to give life-saving skills to remote villages where it can take maximum effect. 13 reasons to support us
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