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About CURE International
CURE International is a Christian nonprofit network of children’s hospitals providing surgical care in a compassionate, gospel-centered environment. Services are provided at no cost to families and made possible by the generosity of donors worldwide. CURE hospitals provide life-changing care for children suffering from conditions such as clubfoot, cleft lip/palate, knock knees, bowed legs, and hydrocephalus. In addition to world-class surgical care, CURE ministers to the emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their communities. Since its first hospital opened in 1998, CURE has completed more than 5.6 million+ patient visits, performed 373,000+ life-changing surgeries, and reached more than 2.2 million people with the gospel message.
CURE International is a top-rated Christian nonprofit organization
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8 Children’s Hospitals
5.6 million+ patient visits
373,000+ surgical procedures
Press Releases
press release | 20 Jul 2025
CURE International and Joni and Friends Announce Strategic Partnership to Support Children with Disabilities
press release | 27 May 2025
CURE International and Biblica Partner to Provide Bibles to Children in Hospitals
CURE and Biblica partner to provide 87,000+ Bibles in 22 languages to children across...
press release | 3 Apr 2025
CURE International Welcomes Christi Huizenga Renaud as Chief Donor Relations Officer
CURE International welcomed Christi Huizenga Renaud, MBA, as Chief Donor Relations Officer—a new executive...
press release | 8 Nov 2024
CURE International Names Dr. Giorgio Lastroni Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Giorgio Lastroni, who has served with CURE for 14 years, is appointed Chief...
press release | 20 Sep 2024
CURE International Breaks Ground on Largest Hospital Expansion Project in its 25+ Year History
The new, state-of-the-art facility at CURE Ethiopia will help the hospital accommodate up to...
press release | 26 Apr 2024
CURE International Expands Hospital in Zambia, Opens Cleft Care Center
Children in one of the most under-resourced countries on Earth now have access to...
press release | 5 Feb 2024
Healthcare Executive Sharon Almeida Joins CURE International Board of Directors
Sharon Almeida, CURE Board Member and CEO of Banner Rehabilitation Hospital (West)
press release | 5 Feb 2024
Former Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rick Gardner Joins CURE International Board of Directors
Dr. Rick Gardner, CURE Board Member
press release | 23 Aug 2023
Healthcare Executive and Board-Certified Surgeon, Dr. Vaughn Frigon, Named Chief Medical Officer of CURE International
Vaughn A. Frigon, MD, MMHC, FAAOS, brings over two decades of medical...
Media Mentions
news | 6 Jun 2025
Ministries join forces to give nearly 90K Bibles in 22 languages to disabled children in Africa, Asia
news | 20 Nov 2024
CURE International announces largest hospital expansion in its history
news | 7 Mar 2024
CURE Board Member and former CMO Dr. Rick Gardner Discusses Global Surgical Capacity on Pediatric Hip Podcast
news | 22 Mar 2024
A Method to His Ministry
news | 8 Aug 2023
2022 Gerson L'Chaim Prize Brings Hope, Healing to Children with Spinal Deformities in Ethiopia
African Mission Healthcare (AMH) is excited to announce the 2022 Gerson L'Chaim Prize for...
news | 2 Aug 2022
BBC TV Shares Milan's Story, a Patient Treated for Hydrocephalus at CURE Uganda
news | 6 Apr 2023
CU Faculty Members Create an Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Program in Uganda With Virtual Consulting Support
Colby Simmons, DO, MBA, developed a virtual training program for a Ugandan anesthesiologist to...
news | 6 Dec 2022
CURE International and Smile Train Tackle Clefts with New Global Partnership
news | 8 Jun 2021
Children with Disabilities Benefit From Free Specialized Healthcare Services
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