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Archive for October, 2009

Safe Surgery Saves Lives Nursing Forum

On 29 Oct, 2009 By karethe With Comments Off

SSSL NURSE FORUM On Saturday, December 5., CNIS held a nursing forum in Vancouver . Earlier this year, nursing workshops based on the Safe Surgery Saves Lives (SSSL) Checklist were held in Ethiopia. The intent of the workshops is to…

CNIS African market

On 5 Oct, 2009 By karethe With Comments Off

CNIS would like to thank all the participants, artisans, NGOs, performers who helped make our August 2009 CNIS African Market the most well attended and successful so far. Thank you also to the Vancouver Courier, who kindly offered us free…

Jewelry shopping ships surgical books

On 5 Oct, 2009 By karethe With Comments Off

Taraxa Jewellery in Vancouver has donated $1870 to the Uganda book project, helping CNIS ship new surgical books to medical libraries in Uganda. From October 13 to November 13, $2 from every sale over $20 in their two stores was…