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CURE has a comprehensive approach to providing surgical care for children with disabilities. We support their families and strengthen the capacity of local church and healthcare systems in the countries we serve.

CURE Children’s Hospitals

CURE International is a global nonprofit network of children’s hospitals providing surgical care in a compassionate, gospel-centered environment. Services are provided at no cost to families because of the generosity of donors and partners like you.

About CURE

Motivated by our Christian identity, CURE operates a global network of children’s hospitals that provides life-changing surgical care to children living with disabilities.

CURE Overview

CURE International is a global nonprofit network of children’s hospitals providing surgical care in a compassionate, gospel-centered environment. Services are provided at no cost to families because of the generosity of donors and partners like you.

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Research & Publications

Because of our commitment to excellence, CURE medical professionals participate in academic research. From advancing the understanding and treatment of various pediatric conditions to training international health professionals, CURE is contributing to the efforts to improve the quality of life for children and their families and elevate global health worldwide.

Global Research

Year Title Country Primary Author Publication
2024 Pattern and clinical profile of patients with cleft lip and palate at pediatrics surgical hospital in Ethiopia Ethiopia Mulate, T. Millennium Journal of Health
2023 Treating older children with clubfoot: results of a cross-sectional survey of expert practitioners Ethiopia Drury, G. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022 Post infective bone gap management of the lower extremity Ethiopia Nunn, T. Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections
2022 Pediatric foot infections Ethiopia Wicks, L. Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections
2021 Effects of velopharyngeal insufficiency on quality of life of adults with repaired cleft palate in Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Bundi, I. G. Journal of Humanities And Social Science
2021 What matters to children with lower limb deformities: an international qualitative study guiding the development of a new patient-reported outcome measure Ethiopia Chhina, H. Journal of Patient Reported Outcomes
2020 Social stigma and cultural beliefs associated with cleft lip and/or palate: parental perceptions of their experience in Kenya Kenya Gichuhi Kimotho, S. Humanities and Social Sciences Publications
2020 Strategic choice and performance empirical evidence from mission hospitals in Kiambu County Kenya Kenya Wangui Njuguna, M. European Scientific Journal
2020 Labio-palatal clefts: epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic, and progressive profiles: about 285 cases in Niger Niger Moussa, M. The Journal of Biomedical Sciences: Health Sciences & Disease
2020 Management of neglected traumatic hip dislocation in children Ethiopia Gardner, R.O.E. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
2020 Impact of musculoskeletal impairment on the lives of school-aged children in Ethiopia: a prospective mixed-methods study Ethiopia Tewodros, T.Z. East and Central African Journal of Surgery
2019 Sustainable orthopaedic surgery residency training in East Africa: A 10-year experience in Kenya Kenya Gokcen, E. American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons
2019 The incidence of postoperative seizures following treatment of postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan Infants: A post hoc comparison of endoscopic treatment vs shunt placement in a randomized controlled trial Uganda Punchak, M. Journal of Neurosurgery
2019 Pediatric Hydrocephalus in the Developing World Uganda Muir, R. T. Pediatric Hydrocephalus
2019 Factors associated with non-compliance to bracing in clubfoot among mothers of children under five years with clubfoot in African Inland Church CURE International Children’s Hospital, Kijabe, Kenya Kenya Muinde, W. N. Journal of Health, Medicine, and Nursing
2019 Treatment outcomes of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia at Beit CURE International Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi Malawi Akaro, I. L. East and Central African Journal of Surgery
2018 Development and validation of a delayed presenting clubfoot score to predict the response to Ponseti casting for children aged 2-10 Ethiopia Nunn, T.R. Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction
2018 Subspecialty pediatric neurosurgery training: a skill-based training model for neurosurgeons in low-resourced health systems Uganda Dewan, M. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2018 Renal outcomes in children with operated spina bifida in Uganda Uganda Sims-Williams, H. J. International Journal of Nephrology
2018 Learning based segmentation of CT brain images: application to post-operative hydrocephalic scans Uganda Cherukuri, V. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
2018 Children with spina bifida in Eastern Uganda report a reasonable quality of life relative to their healthy school-attending peers Uganda Sims-Williams, H. J. Archives of Disease in Childhood (BMJ)
2018 Neurosurgery in East Africa: Innovations Uganda Budohoski, K. P. World Neurosurgery
2018 Global hydrocephalus epidemiology and incidence: systematic review and meta-analysis Uganda Dewan, M. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2018 Global neurosurgery: the current capacity and deficit in the provision of essential neurosurgical care. Executive summary of the Global Neurosurgery Initiative at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change Uganda Dewan, M. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2018 Total hip replacement surgery in Ethiopia Ethiopia Gokcen, E.C. East and Central African Journal of Surgery
2018 Economic burden of neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa Uganda Ranjeva, S. L. BMJ Global Health
2017 Endoscopic treatment versus shunting for infant hydrocephalus in Uganda Uganda Kulkarni, A. V. The New England Journal of Medicine
2017 Validation and reliability of the Chichewa translation of the EQ-5D quality of life questionnaire in adults with orthopedic injuries in Malawi Malawi Chokotho, L. Malawi Medical Journal
2017 Trauma care in Malawi: a call to action Malawi Mulwafu, W. Malawi Medical Journal
2017 Growing brains: How adapting to Africa advanced the treatment of infant hydrocephalus Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2017 Quality of life among children with spina bifida in Uganda Uganda Sims-Williams, H. J. Archives of Disease in Childhood (BMJ)
2017 Past, present, and future of neurosurgery in Uganda Uganda Haglund, M. M. Journal of Neurosurgery
2017 The burden of trauma at a district hospital in Malawi Malawi Jaffry, Z. Tropical Doctor
2017 Improving hospital-based trauma care for road traffic injuries in Malawi Malawi Chokotho, L. World Journal of Emergency Medicine
2016 Global surgery for pediatric hydrocephalus in the developing world, a review of the history, challenges, and future directions Uganda Muir, R. T. Journal of Neurosurgery
2016 Ten-year survival of Ugandan infants after myelomeningocele closure Uganda Sims-Williams, H. J. Journal of Neurosurgery
2016 Microbiological isolates of chronic suppurative otitis media at the University Teaching Hospital and Beit Cure Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Phiri, H. University of Nairobi
2016 Pattern of distribution of patients presenting with osteogenesis imperfecta at AIC Cure Children’s International Hospital, Kijabe Kenya Mwangi, G. C. East African Orthopaedic Journal
2016 St. Louis docs among 20 in U.S. treating hydrocephalus without a shunt St. Louis Post-Dispatch
2015 Prioritisation of surgery in the national health strategic plans of Africa: a systematic review Malawi Citron, I. World Journal of Surgery
2015 Ethnic pattern of origin of children with spina bifida managed at the University Teaching Hospital and Beit CURE Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia 2001-2010 Zambia Mweshi, M. M. Science Journal of Public Health
2015 A review of existing trauma and musculoskeletal impairment (TMSI) care capacity in East, Central, and Southern Africa Malawi Chokotho, L. Injury
2015 The Beit CURE classification of childhood chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis—a guide to treatment Malawi Stevenson, A. J. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
2015 Trauma and orthopedic capacity of 267 hospitals in east central and southern Africa Malawi Chokotho, L. The Lancet
2015 Finding surgery’s place on the global health agenda Uganda Huber, B. The Lancet
2015 Reopening of an obstructed third ventriculostomy: long-term success and factors affecting outcome in 215 infants Uganda Marano, P. J. Journal of Neurosurgery
2014 Effectiveness of caudal epidural block using bupivacaine with neostgmine for pediatric lower extremity orthopedic surgery in CURE Ethiopia Children’s Hospital Ethiopia Ataro, G. Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Research
2014 Ponseti clubfoot management: Experience with the Steenbeek foot abduction brace Kenya Mang'oli, P. Paediatrics & Child Health
2014 Three steps forward and 2 steps back: the Echternach Procession toward optimal hydrocephalus treatment Uganda Warf, B. C. Neurosurgery
2014 Back-carrying infants to prevent developmental hip dysplasia and its sequelae: Is a new public health initiative needed? Malawi Graham, S. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
2014 Total hip replacement in HIV-positive patients Malawi Graham, S. M. The Bone & Joint Journal
2014 Effectiveness of the bactiseal universal shunt for reducing shunt infection in a sub-Saharan African context: a retrospective cohort study in 160 Ugandan children Uganda Lane, J. D. Journal of Neurosurgery
2014 Use of antibiotic cement spacers/beads in treatment of musculoskeletal infections at A.I.C. Kijabe Hospital Kenya Mwangi, G. C. East African Orthopaedic Journal
2013 Presentation, pathology, and treatment outcome of brain tumors in 172 consecutive children at CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda. The predominance of the visible diagnosis and the uncertainties of epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda Stagno, V. Child's Nervous System
2013 Effects of honey and sugar dressings on wound healing Malawi Mphande, A. N. G. Journal of Wound Care
2013 Avascular necrosis of the femoral head in HIV positive patients-an assessment of risk factors and early response to surgical treatment Malawi Chokotho, L. Malawi Medical Journal
2013 Assessing quality of existing data sources on road traffic injuries (RTIs) and their utility in informing injury prevention in the Western Cape Province, South Africa Malawi Chokotho, L. C. Traffic Injury Prevention
2013 Educate one to save a few. Educate a few to save many Uganda Warf, B. C. World Neurosurgery
2012 Shunt survival after failed endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2011 Costs and benefits of neurosurgical intervention for infant hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2011 Five-year survival and outcome of treatment for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2011 Management of Dandy-Walker complex–associated infant hydrocephalus by combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2011 Hydrocephalus associated with neural tube defects: characteristics, management, and outcome in sub-Saharan Africa Uganda Warf, B. C. Child's Nervous System
2011 Association of bacteria with hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants Uganda Li, L. Journal of Neurosurgery
2011 Factors affecting survival of infants with myelomeningocele in southeastern Uganda Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2011 Encephalocele in Uganda: ethnic distinctions in lesion location, endoscopic management of hydrocephalus, and survival in 110 consecutive children Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2010 Hydrocephalus treatment and outcome in African infants with myelomeningocele: what we have learned so far Uganda Warf, B. C. Cerebrospinal Fluid Research
2010 Surgery for hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa versus developed nations: a risk-adjusted comparison of outcome Uganda Kulkarni, A. V. Child's Nervous System
2010 Pediatric hydrocephalus in East Africa: prevalence, causes, treatments, and strategies for the future Uganda Warf, B. C. World Neurosurgery
2010 Measuring the health status of children with hydrocephalus by using a new outcome measure Uganda Kulkarni, A. V. Journal of Neurosurgery
2010 Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus in Uganda: report of a scoring system that predicts success Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2010 Intraoperative assessment of cerebral aqueduct patency and cisternal scarring: impact on success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in 403 African children Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2009 Neurocognitive outcome and ventricular volume in children with myelomeningocele treated for hydrocephalus in Uganda Uganda Warf, B. Journal of Neurosurgery
2009 Results of surgical treatment of quadriceps femoris/contracture in children Kenya Muteti, E. N. East African Orthopaedic Journal
2009 Surgery for pharmacoresistant epilepsy in the developing world: a pilot study Uganda Boling, W. Epilepsia
2008 Combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization as primary treatment of hydrocephalus for infants with myelomeningocele: long-term results of a prospective intent-to-treat study in 115 East African infants Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2007 Pin-track infection in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients with open fractures treated by external fixation Malawi Norrish, A. R. The Journal of Joint and Bone Surgery
2005 Comparison of endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone and combined with choroid plexus cauterization in infants younger than 1 year of age: a prospective study in 550 African children Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2005 HIV/AIDS in trauma and orthopaedic surgery Malawi Harrison, W. J. The Journal of Joint and Bone Surgery
2005 Comparison of 1-year outcomes for the Chhabra and Codman-Hakim Micro Precision shunt systems in Uganda: a prospective study in 195 children Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2005 Hydrocephalus in Uganda: the predominance of infectious origin and primary management with endoscopic third ventriculostomy Uganda Warf, B. C. Journal of Neurosurgery
2005 Orthopaedic training in developing countries Malawi Lavy, C. B. D. The Journal of Joint and Bone Surgery
2004 One-year follow-up of orthopaedic implants in HIV-positive patients Malawi Harrison, W. J. International Orthopaedics