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CURE UK welcomes Timothy Perkin to the board of trustees

Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 1:16 pm

CURE UK is thrilled to welcome a new trustee to its governing board, Timothy Perkin. Tim is a sustainability consultant at Kumi, where he specialises in responsible sourcing. His role…

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MedSend Sends Additional Surgeons to CURE Hospitals

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 3:56 pm

Expanded Partnership Strengthens African Medical Capacity for Years to Come One of the greatest challenges facing the 400 million children in Africa is a critical shortage of trained medical professionals….

Children Burned in Horrific Schoolhouse Fire Receive Care from CURE Children’s Hospital of Niger

Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:27 am

Every day across Niger, children gather in straw huts that serve as schoolhouses. And each day in Niger, the hope of education is mixed with the risk of catastrophe. On…

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The CUREkid that melted the heart of the President

On 14th May 2021, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, paid an official visit to the CURE Children’s Hospital of Zimbabwe to celebrate its grand…

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Conditions we Treat: Windswept Deformity

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 8:51 am

This blog is part of an ongoing series looking to explain the common conditions CURE treats in ways that all of us non-medical folk can understand. A condition in which…

Vice President, Ugandan Government Officials Celebrate Major Milestone at CURE Uganda

Friday, January 14, 2022 at 5:03 pm

On January 19, 2001, CURE International officially opened CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda in Mbale to offer hope and neurosurgical treatment to children suffering with treatable disabilities. Unfortunately, the COVID-19…

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CURE Niger and First Lady Celebrate Record-Breaking Surgery Success with New Playground

CURE Niger is the only hospital in the country of over 24 million that offers specialty surgical care for children living with treatable physical disabilities and for the first time,…

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Historic Homecoming: Zimbabwean Becomes the First Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon to Return and Treat Children at CURE International Hospital

Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 3:01 pm

UK-trained doctor is the first native-born surgeon to return to practice paediatric orthopaedics in the Sub-Saharan country CURE International has helped make history today for the people of Zimbabwe. Today…

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Patients, Community Members and Government Officials Celebrate 10+ Years of CURE Niger

Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 11:27 am

Take a virtual tour through CURE Niger CURE Niger is more than a hospital for the people of Niger. In a country ranked last in the world for development according…

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Orthopaedic Training Class Educates Doctors and Nurses in Zimbabwe

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 3:27 pm

Orthopaedics, the branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles, is a fast-growing specialty in the healthcare sector of Zimbabwe in the past decade. Orthopaedic…

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