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TWE ARE CNIS\u000Ahe Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS) is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization based in Vancouver, Canada. Its mandate is implemented with partner institutions including universities, colleges, NGOs and government ministries in Africa and the Caribbean. CNIS believes in sharing knowledge, expertise, and experience to promote\u000Alasting and sustainable improvements in health and safety. In Africa, CNIS was instrumental in establishing the Injury Control Centre in Uganda, the Injury Control Centre in Tanzania, and the Injury Prevention Initiative for Africa. It has an extensive track record working with the WHO including the Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Units, and since 2021, with the Quality Assurance, Norms and Standards Units.\u000AOur Vision\u000ACNIS is committed to empowering low-income countries to create an environment where the risk from injuries is minimal and that all people receive adequate health care. CNIS believes in sharing knowledge, expertise and experience to promote lasting, sustainable improvements in health and safety in the developing world.\u000AOur Mission\u000ACNIS is committed to improving maternal health, increasing safety, and building local capacity in low-income countries with the goal of reducing maternal and injury mortality.\u000AOur Goal - \u201CDigital Journey - A Way Forward\u201D\u000ATo Digitize and implement all 12 of our Structured Clinical Courses.\u000AIn 2016 CNIS began a journey with the objective that all its 12 structured clinical programs which were in analog format (hard copy) and taught in structured clinical workshops would be fully digitized and taught in a hybrid format. Sixty thousand African health professionals have taken the CNIS courses. CNIS has been digitizing this material and placing them on learning management systems and mobile apps to increase productivity. Although the digitization objective is to increase efficiency and productivity, it is also of note that the current generation of learners prefer digital learning. CNIS has developed and validated two stand-alone mobile apps to measure disease severity and recommend clinical decisions and action based on the scoring: the Community Maternal Danger Score (CMDS) app which estimates risk of maternal mortality and the Kampala Trauma Score (KTS) which measures injury severity and risk of injury mortality.\u000A 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2022\u000A