CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda

CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (CCHU) is a specialized children's neurosurgery hospital in Uganda. It is a private hospital, owned and operated by CURE International. The hospital is also a teaching center in pediatric neurosurgery for Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda
CURE International
CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda is located in Uganda
CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda
Geography
Location97 Bugwere Road, Mbale, Mbale District, Uganda
Coordinates01°04′27″N 34°10′18″E
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
TypeNeurosurgery
Affiliated universityWest Virginia University School of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds42[1]
History
Opened2000
Links
WebsiteHomepage
Other linksHospitals in Uganda

Location

The hospital is located in the city of Mbale, in Mbale District, in Uganda's Eastern Region. This location is approximately 225 kilometres (140 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[3] The coordinates of the hospital are 1°04'27.0"N, 34°10'18.0"E (Latitude:1.074167; Longitude:34.171667).[4]

Overview

The CCHU is a specialized neurosurgery children's hospital owned and administered by CURE International. The hospital is privately owned and charges a fee for its services. However, CCHU serves children with physical disabilities regardless of their ethnic background, religious affiliation, or ability to pay. Opened in 2000, the hospital employs 6 doctors and 33 nurses and serves more than 7,000 outpatients annually, performing more than 1,000 operations per year. The children's neurosurgical diseases treated at the hospital include: 1. Hydrocephalus 2. Neural tube defects 3. Spina bifida 4. Epilepsy and 5. Brain tumors[2]

Training programs

CCHU offers the following training programs in pediatric neurosurgery in collaboration with other stakeholders:

Program for advanced training in hydrocephalus

CCHU 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. CCHU offers a program to provide training and equipment to establish three new ETV Centers each year. iPATH Fellows train at CCHU for three months and, upon completion of their training, establish a center for the surgical treatment of hydrocephalus in their own country. CCHU provides approximately US$30,000 worth of equipment for each new center. CCHU has had iPATH applicants from Ghana, Zambia, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Nepal, Senegal, Honduras, and Madagascar. The first iPATH Fellow to graduate from the program practices in western Tanzania, in a CCHU-aided pediatric neurosurgery center.[5][6]

Comprehensive epilepsy program of Uganda and East Africa

In collaboration with the West Virginia University School of Medicine, CCHU established in 2005 a comprehensive epilepsy program for Uganda and Eastern Africa. The program aims to: (a) Identify, evaluate and treat Ugandans with epilepsy. (b) Train African physicians in the evaluation and treatment of epilepsy (c) Conduct research on the causes of epilepsy in Africa and best practices for treatment.[7]

Aerial View of Cure Children's Hospital in Mbale District in Uganda
Aerial View of Cure Children's Hospital in Mbale District in Uganda

Neurosurgeons Benjamin Warf and Warren Boling of West Virginia University performed the first three epilepsy surgeries ever done in the region. The program in ongoing and is being evaluated for further expansion.[8]

Pediatric neurosurgical fellowship

With the encouragement and support of international neurosurgical societies, CCHU has established a fellowship program for pediatric neurosurgeons. It is the only such program in Sub-Saharan Africa. Two neurosurgeons per year will study and work at CCHU, to focus their skills on children and to concentrate on a range of afflictions of the brain and central nervous system.[8][9]

See also

References
  1. Frederick Womakuyu, and Richard Wetaya Lunyolo (1 February 2009). "Cure Hospital: The Hope For Children With Disabilities". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. "CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda: About the Hospital". CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. Google (4 December 2022). "Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Mbale, Uganda With Map" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. Google (4 December 2022). "Location of CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. "The International Program to Advance the Treatment of Hydrocephalus (iPATH)". International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  6. "CURE Hydrocephalus Surgeon Fellowship Program And Strategy". CURE International. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  7. Boling, Warren; Palade, Adriana; Wabulya, Angela; Longoni, Nicoletta; Warf, Benjamin; Nestor, Scott; Alpitsis, Rubina; Bittar, Richard; Howard, Charles; Andermann, Frederick (May 2009). "Surgery for pharmacoresistant epilepsy in the developing world: A pilot study". Epilepsia. 50 (5): 1256–1261. doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01984.X. PMID 19175392.
  8. Aryeh J. Price (1 September 2014). "An Interview With Dr. Benjamin Warf - Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors In Sub-Saharan Africa". Globalonc.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  9. CUREIC (2015). "CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda - CURE Hydrocephalus Surgeon Fellowship Program in Uganda". CURE International Canada (CUREIC). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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