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| Name = CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda
| Org/Group = [[CURE International]]
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| Location =97 Bugwere Road, [[Mbale]]
| Region = [[Mbale District]]
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| HealthCare = Private
| Type = Neurosurgery
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| Affiliation= [[West Virginia University School of Medicine]]
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'''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 [[neurosurgery|pediatric neurosurgery]] for [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref name="CURE">{{cite web
==Location==
The hospital is located in the city of [[Mbale]], in [[Mbale District]], in Uganda's [[Eastern Region, Uganda|
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==Overview==
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==Training programs==
CCHU offers the following training programs in pediatric neurosurgery in collaboration with other stakeholders:
;Program for Advanced Training in Hydrocephalus (iPATH): 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 establishes a center for the surgical treatment of hydrocephalus in their own country. CCHU provides approximately $30,000 worth of equipment for each new center. Currently, CCHU has 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.<ref>{{cite web|▼
===Program for advanced training in hydrocephalus===
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Starting in 2005, two neurosurgeons, Dr. Warf and Dr. 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.<ref>[http://www.helpcurenow.org/site/c.nvI1IeNYJyE/b.3441449/k.5981/Neurosurgical_training.htm About the CCHU Comprehensive Epilepsy Program]</ref>▼
===Comprehensive epilepsy program of Uganda and East Africa===
In collaboration with the [[West Virginia University|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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Boling|first1=Warren|last2=Palade|first2=Adriana|last3=Wabulya|first3=Angela|last4=Longoni|first4=Nicoletta|last5=Warf|first5=Benjamin|last6=Nestor|first6=Scott|last7=Alpitsis|first7=Rubina|last8=Bittar|first8=Richard|last9=Howard|first9=Charles|last10=Andermann|first10=Frederick|title=Surgery for pharmacoresistant epilepsy in the developing world: A pilot study|journal=Epilepsia|date=May 2009|volume=50|issue=5|pages=1256–1261|doi=10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01984.X|pmid=19175392 |doi-access=}}</ref>
[[File:Aerial View of Cure Children's Hospital, Mbale.jpg|alt=Aerial View of Cure Children's Hospital in Mbale District in Uganda|thumb|'''Aerial View of Cure Children's Hospital in Mbale District in Uganda'''|border]]
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===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.<ref name="Int">{{cite web |url=http://globalonc.org/an-interview-with-dr-benjamin-warf-treatment-of-pediatric-brain-tumors-in-sub-saharan-africa/ |title=An Interview With Dr. Benjamin Warf - Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors In Sub-Saharan Africa |author=Aryeh J. Price |publisher=Globalonc.org |accessdate=19 September 2017 |date=1 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304161859/http://globalonc.org/an-interview-with-dr-benjamin-warf-treatment-of-pediatric-brain-tumors-in-sub-saharan-africa/ |archive-date=4 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| accessdate=19 September 2017 | url=https://cureinternational.ca/uganda/ |title=CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda - CURE Hydrocephalus Surgeon Fellowship Program in Uganda | publisher=CURE International Canada (CUREIC) | author=CUREIC | date=2015}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Hospitals in Uganda]]
*[[Entebbe Children's Surgical Hospital]]
==References==
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* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200902020054.html Cure Children's Hospital of Uganda Opened in 2000]
* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200809250113.html CCHU Only Specialized Children's Neurosurgery Hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa]
* [https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1177956/cure-mountain A cure at the mountain top] As at 30 October 2008.
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