CURE International

CURE International Children's Hospitals
Founded1996
FounderC. Scott Harrison, Sally Harrison
TypeInternational child healthcare organization
FocusInternational Healthcare
HeadquartersGrand Rapids, Michigan, US
Location
  • Niger, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, the Philippines
Area served
Africa and Asia
MethodSurgery, advocacy, treatment
Key people
Justin Narducci, President/CEO
Revenue$35 million
Employees1200
Websitecure.org

CURE International, based in Grand Rapids, MI, is a Christian nonprofit organization that owns and operates eight charitable children's hospitals around the world. CURE provides medical care to pediatric patients with orthopedic, reconstructive plastic, and neurological conditions. The organization's stated mission is to "heal the sick and proclaim the kingdom of God." The organization currently operates hospitals in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, the Philippines, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

CURE treats conditions like clubfoot, knock knees, bowed legs, cleft lip/palate, burn contractures, hydrocephalus, and encephalocele.

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