Uganda

Established: 2000
Specialty: Neurosurgery
Number of Doctors: 6
Number of Nurses: 33
Number of Beds: 30
Patients seen annually: 7,000
Number of operations annually: 900

The CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (CCHU) in Mbale Uganda, is a 30 bed teaching hospital that specializes in treating the neurosurgical needs of children with an emphasis on hydrocephalus, neural tube defects, spina bifida, epilepsy and brain tumors. CCHU also maintains a large outpatient clinic and operates monthly mobile clinics in remote regions. CCHU was opened in 2000 and serves children with physical disabilities regardless of their ethnic background, religious affiliation or ability to pay.

CCHU serves approximately 7,000 children each year with a wide range of medical services. Approximately 900 surgeries are performed each year. The hospital has 30 in-patient beds and 10 intensive care beds and maintains a busy out-patient clinic. The hospital operates mobile medical clinics that find hundreds of children who are suffering from disabilities in remote areas and whenever possible, transports the children back to the hospital for care. The major programs of CCHU are:

International Program for Advanced Training in Hydrocephalus (iPATH)

iPATH (Program for Advanced Training in Hydrocephalus) trains resident doctors in Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV), a procedure for the treatment of hydrocephalus, a condition characterized by the accumulation of fluid around the brain. Learn more about iPATH »

Neurosurgical Training Center for Sub-Saharan Africa

With the encouragement and support of international neurosurgical societies, CCHU has established a Fellowship Program for pediatric neurosurgeons »

The Comprehensive Epilepsy Program of Uganda and East Africa

In East Africa, the prevalence of epilepsy is ten times greater than in North America, and CCHU, in collaboration with the Medical School of West Virginia University, has established a comprehensive epilepsy program »

Partnership with Smile Train

In the fall of 2006, in collaboration with Smile Train, CURE developed cleft lip and cleft palate surgical training programs in most of CURE's hospitals worldwide. These programs have been piloted in Afghanistan and in the Dominican Republic. These programs will train 20 surgeons in the correction of cleft lip/palate surgery each year.