Press Releases from CURE International (4 total)
Nonprofit Successfully Opens Healthcare Clinics in Every Indian State
NEW CUMBERLAND, PA – August 16, 2017 – A global leader in the treatment of clubfoot, CURE International India announced today it has successfully opened clubfoot clinics in all 29 Indian states—bringing the country one step closer to eliminating clubfoot as a lifelong disability by 2030. With its newest clinic in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, the nonprofit organization is on track to enroll 10,000 children in the clubfoot treatment program in…
CURE International Names Steve Hitt Executive Director of CURE Zambia
NEW CUMBERLAND, PA – August 3, 2017 – Today, CURE International, a Christian nonprofit organization that operates charitable hospitals and programs in 29 countries, formally announced Steven E. Hitt as the new executive director of CURE Zambia, a pediatric teaching hospital specializing in the treatment and care of children living with physical disabilities in Lusaka, Zambia.
As executive director, Hitt will oversee the operational, financial, and spiritual health of the hospital,…
100,000 Children Rescued from Life-long Clubfoot Disability
NEW CUMBERLAND, PA - July 24, 2017 - Committed to eliminating clubfoot as a lifelong disability by 2030, today CURE announced that they have enrolled over 100,000 children in their treatment program. Clubfoot is a pervasive problem in the developing world, with 158,000 afflicted children born every year in areas where treatment is limited or non-existent. Without intervention, these children are destined to grow up with a permanent disability. CURE…
Remit Radar, CURE International Team Up to Raise Clubfoot Awareness
New Cumberland, PA—June 12, 2017—CURE International, a global leader in the treatment of clubfoot, and RemitRadar, a financial technology company focused on developing countries, are joining forces to tackle one of the biggest challenges to eliminating clubfoot as a lifelong disability: awareness.
Clubfoot, the most common musculoskeletal birth defect in the world, is a deformity that severely twists the foot downward and inward, making walking difficult or impossible. While…
