Ethiopia

•  About the Hospital

  The CURE Ethiopia Children's Hospital (CECH) is a pediatric orthopedic teaching hospital in Addis Ababa. Established in 2008, the hospital is a state-of-the-art 60 bed hospital complex that provides modern medical and surgical care to the physically disabled children of Ethiopia. In addition, CECH fills a critical need for an orthopedic residency program in Ethiopia, providing training in pediatric and advanced orthopaedic techniques, and is an international COSECSA accredited training facility.

  The hospital has a dual focus on pediatric orthopedics and pediatric plastic reconstruction. The hospital treats disabilities such as cleft lip and palate, clubfoot, limb deformities, and other physical disabilities.

  CECH brings modern, up-to-date standards and equipment including first world anesthesia medications and monitoring, intraoperative fluoroscopy, and digital xray.

  Partnership with Smile Train

  Since the fall of 2006, in collaboration with Smile Train, CURE has developed cleft lip and cleft palate surgical programs in most of CURE's hospitals worldwide. These programs not only provide transformative surgery for children, but also provide counseling to the families.

•  About the Country

  Ethiopia

  

  Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa. It is one of the world's oldest countries and the second-most populous nation in Africa. Eritrea borders Ethiopia to the north, Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Somalia to the east and Kenya to the south.

  Country Facts

  Population: 81,021,000

  Climate: tropical monsoon, with wide topographic-induced variation

  Nationality: Ethiopian

  Language: Amharic

  Capital: Addis Ababa

  Percent population under age of 15: 46%

  Years of life expectancy at birth: 56

  Infant mortality (per 1000 live births): 79

  Child mortality (death before age 5): 166

  Per capital health expenditure: $22

  Sources: CIA World Factbook and World Health Organization

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