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2011
   December
   November
   August
  •   She Will Walk and Run, 1 Out 10 SIGN Patients Is A Child
  •   Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute, A Center of Excellence
  •   Kiwanis Members Visit Tanzania Program
  •   One Patient At A Time With Data To Prove It
  •   SIGN Bids Farewell To Hasan Bytyqi
  •   Announcing SIGN's New Logo and Name
   June
  •   Bringing Healing and Hope to Cambodia and Philippines
  •   SIGN in the Family
  •   Flora Mae's Story
  •   Hospitals Named SIGN Centers of Excellence
  •   Smiles Away From Disaster
  •   Scholarships Needed for 2011 SIGN Conference
   March
  •   SIGN Continues Support In Haiti
  •   From Disaster Response To Building Orthopaedic Capacity
  •   John Tanksley In Niger
  •   RTA's Injure 20 Million Annually
   February
  •   Volunteer Surgeon Visits Nepal
  •   SIGN Is More Than Steel
  •   Scholarships Needed
  •   Interesting Cases From Around The World
  •   A Special Thanks From Ethiopia
   January
  •   Healing equals Hope
  •   SIGN: What these four letters mean in Georgia
  •   2010 Recap
  •   The future of SIGN
  •   International team spirit introduces SIGN in Ethiopia
2010
   December - Africa
  •   The Impact of Decisions
  •   Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  •   The AIC Kijabe Hospital - Kijabe, Kenya
  •   Decision Making in Developing Countries
  •   Families Helping Families
   December
  •   Surgeons Fulfill SIGN’s Dream
  •   Tanzania Trip Ignites Passion for Teaching
  •   A note from Haiti
  •   Imagine the Future of SIGN
   October
  •   Embracing Diversity 2010 SIGN Orthopaedic Conference
  •   2010 Flap Course San Francisco
  •   Ponseti Method of Hands-On Healing
  •   Philanthropy = Improved LivesPhilanthropy Lives
   September
  •   Orthopaedic Consequences of Culture
  •   Charity vs. Humanitarianism
  •   Mode of Injury
  •   From Traction to Action
   June
  •   Demand Grows In Nepal
  •   Hospital To Become 3rd Program in Niger
  •   Two Young Lives Changed, Thanks To SIGN Nails
  •   Join Our Campaign To Bring Hope To Georgia
   April
  •   SIGN Three Year Plans: Jeanne Dillner, CEO
  •   SIGN Inovations: Dr. Lewis G. Zirkle, Founder
  •   SIGN volunteer surgeon Larry Hull winning the AAOS 2010 Humanitarian Award
   February
  •   Bringing Hope To Haiti
  •   Severe Fractures Require SIGN Nails
  •   Everyone Pulls Together To Help Injured
  •   Earthquake Victims
   January
  •   SIGN Teams Respond to Crisis
  •   Back Where It All Began
  •   In Good Hands
  •   Restoring Faith
  •   SIGN By The Numbers
Date File Size Contents
December 2009 728 Kb A New Era In Fracture Care
Building Trust In Afghanistan
Father and Son Smile Again
Restoring A Dream
Giving Circles Inspire Donations
November 2009 2.5 Mb 2009 SIGN Conference
Path of Healing
Failed Plate Fixation
Surgeons Focus on Infection
Surgeon's Tenacity Pays Off For Eritrea
October 2009 2.2 Mb East Africa Statistics
SIGN program amazes OTA
Every injured adult affects the lives of 3 generations
SIGN needs your help to provide orthopaedic care to children
SIGN establishes 3 beta sites during East Africa trip.
June 2009 1.8 Mb Educational exchanges benefit Dominican Republic residents
Vision keeps shop crew right on target
SIGN surgeon prevails over bone setter
SIGN recruiting volunteer surgeons for developing countries
The indirect victims of RTAs
Upcoming SIGN events
April 2009 1.6 Mb SIGN engineers design tools to heal hip fractures
Surgeon tells story of SIGN in a new book
SHC yields excellent results in Cambodia and Myanmar
Dr. Randy Sherman to offer flap course in L.A.
Conference to delve into variety of difficult fractures
Increase in injuries broadens need for SIGN
SIGN helps transform orthopaedic care in Kenya
March 2009 1.8 Mb SIGN's "ripple effect"
A recipe for disaster
Iraqi surgeon earns honor for SIGN surgery on boy
SIGN depends on donors like you
Treatment of soft tissues as important as treatment of bone
SIGN recruiting volunteer surgeons
January 2009 1.4 Mb Road Traffic Accidents at Epidemic Levels
RTAs Fracture Entire Families
SIGN By The Numbers
SIGN Delivers Hope To Myanmar
December 2008 - Afghanistan Edition 1.9 Mb A Major Step For SIGN
Afghanistan Leadership and Cooperation
Patient Receives First SHC
Building Orthopaedic Capability
December 2008 870 Kb Rules? What rules?
Building Capacity in Indonesia
Collaboration Leads To New Program
SIGN Surgeons Establish New Program in Mongolia
November 2008 2.6 Mb An engineer in Tanzania
Tanzania - A land of contrasts
New SIGN Programs
"Life can continue"
October 2008 2.4 Mb Training for New Sites
120 Surgeons, 30 Nations
Workshops
20 Million Injured Every Year
June 2008 2.3 Mb Niger
Port Moresby General Hospital
Papua New Guinea Statistics
SIGN's Response to Disasters
April 2008 2 Mb Kabul - Where Hope Endures
Central ANA Hospital and Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital
Man Injured in Well Receives Foot Reconstruction
Inspiration for Hip Device
Afghanistan Surgeon Profiles
Patients’ Families Need Your Help
December 2007 1.3 Mb Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hospital General San Juan De Dios, Guatemala
Program Manager Profiles
Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
November 2007 1.7 Mb DALYs: Measuring the Toll
Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
2007 SIGN Conference
Innovations and Research
Program Manager Profiles
Prospective SIGN Program, Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital, Kabul Afghanistan
October 2007 1.5 Mb The SIGN Burden
Crowded Roads Equal Broken Lives
Consequence of Accidents
SIGN Surgeons Respond
She's Worth The Sacrifice
June 2007 1.4 Mb SIGN in Iraq
Treating Civilian Casualties Generates New Ideas
Building Orthopaedic Capability
March 2007 850 Kb SIGN Responds to Crowded Wards in Haiti
Kenyan SIGN Surgeons Are Excited to Have Access to a Fracture Care System
Haitian Patients Too Poor to Afford Implants
December 2006 1.5 Mb Cover Letter
SIGN Aid: Easing The Family Burden
Bangladesh Public Transportation
Bangladesh SIGN Conference, Surgery and Expansion
November 2006 1.4 Mb Cover Letter
Expanding Equality of Fracture Care
90 Surgeons From 15 Countries Exchange Orthopaedic Knowledge
SIGN Surgeons Respond
2006 SIGN Conference
September 2006 616 Kb Knowledge and Inspiration Flow Both Ways Third Call for Disaster Assistance - Java Earthquake
Thank You for Your Support
2006 SIGN Conference
June 2006 668 Kb Each One Teach One
Trip Reports
SIGN in China
Areva Smart Scope
February 2006 745 Kb Bridges - Metaphorically Speaking
Trip Report: Abbottabad from R.A. Gosselin, MD
Trip Report: Cambodia & The Philippines from Kate Ball, MD
SIGN Exhibit at AAOS
November 2005 735 Kb 2005 SIGN Conference
Update on Pakistan
September 2005 800 Kb "Orthopaedic Odysseys"
SIGN Database
  Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Banda Aceh, Jakarta
SIGN in Nepal
Fuji SIGN Program
May 2005 688 Kb Maintenance of the Network - Guatemala
RP4IRAQ
Trip Report: Indonesia from Anthony Brown, MD
March 2005 616 Mb Tsunami Relief at Banda Aceh
November 2004 1.4 Mb Fall 2004 SIGN Conference
October 2004 1.5 Mb SIGN Travel - Emotions on Overdrive
Trip Report to the Philippines and Cambodia
August 2004 1.1 Mb Vietnam Revisited
A Five-Year Reflection
Lean Manufacturing
Thank You "Friends of SIGN"
December 2003 170 Kb South East Asia - October 2003
Progressive Innovations
SIGN Surgical Database
Count-off by the Numbers
October 2003 140 Kb The Role of Sign in Panama
Spreading the SIGN Network:
A Fruitful Trip to Dominican Republic
    From Nepal
    Siberia, Russia
Kiwanis/SIGN Training Center in Guatemala
FDA Audit Passed!
September 2003 499 Kb SIGN Conference
Young Leaders
SIGN Database
AAOS
Fall 2002 SIGN Treatment Moves up the Leg  (page 1)
Trip Report:  The Philippines, Vietnam & Thailand (page 2)
Russian Surgeons Visit SIGN (page 3)
SIGN Conference (page 4)
Papua New Guinea Project  (page 4)
Volunteer: Freddie Walton  (page 4)
July 2002 134 Kb A Snapshot of SIGN
Trip Report: Myanmar & Vietnam
NITOR: SIGN's Start in Bangladesh
In Memory of Dr. Ayjaz
The Diversity of Mankind: A Challenge to SIGN
Well Received in Bangladesh
A Defining Moment
Ask Dr. Z
A Special Thank You
In the Shop
April 2002 120 Kb The State of SIGN: Three Years of Healing
Vietnam: SIGN's First Destination
Skilled Surgeons and a Need for Resources
Project Managers: Partners in Healing
The Reward: To Heal a Patient
View from the Board
SIGN Project Report: Can Tho

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