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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
What We Do
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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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- Vision
- 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
- 13 reasons to support us
"CNIS duplicate our success to meet the need of more people" Donate
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Urgent Needs

Sutures – Sutures can be the difference between life and death. (a dozen sutures $60)

Surgical Supplies – CNIS welcomes donations of used gently surgical instruments for our African courses. For more information please contact us.

Supplies needed:

Steinmann Pins
Periosteal Elevators
Gigli Saws – wires only
Specula + Retractors for Obstetrics
Number 3 & 4 regular + 3 L & 4 L scalpel handles
Stitch-cutting scissors
7″ curved Metzenbaum scissors
Bandage scissors
Tissue forceps – w/ teeth and no teeth
A variety of forceps (type not essential)
A variety of needle drives (name not important)
Volkmann Retractors = 4-prong blunts
Graves speculums – small + medium sizes
Green Armytage Forceps – 8″ straight

ESS teaching equipment - Support our skills lab in Kampala, Uganda ($7,000)

Obstetrics models - Buy an obstetrics model for our obstetrics courses ($300)

Fabric, foam and vinyl – We use fabrics, foams and vinyls to teach essential surgical skills, obstetrics, hernia repair and amputation. (Donate towards sewing supplies)

Teaching manuals – Help print our course manuals ($39 each)

C-Section Models – We convert simple pet carriers into obstetrics models ($25)

Bricks – Help us build an Injury Control Centre in Bamako, Mali. To buy a brick, click here.