KIJABE, Kenya – AIC-CURE Children’s Hospital of Kenya, a hospital for children with treatable disabilities like knock knees, cleft lip, and bowed legs, has earned the highest possible patient safety rating from international accreditor SafeCare in September 2024. This achievement highlights the hospital’s success in delivering high-quality surgical care so that children’s lives can be transformed. CURE Kenya provides surgical care to children at no cost to patients or their families

“We are delighted that an independent and international organization like SafeCare has recognized CURE Kenya’s dedication to patient safety and positive patient outcomes,” said Dr. Evelyn Mbugua, Executive Director at CURE Kenya. “We hope this achievement encourages more parents of children with medical conditions to contact us for a free evaluation.”

CURE Kenya exists to serve children who are suffering from surgically treatable disabilities with care that meets international patient safety standards. To that end, in June 2022, the hospital entered the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Certification Program facilitated by SafeCare. The hospital has worked with SafeCare for the past two years to elevate the hospital’s standards to new heights, which resulted in the hospital attaining SafeCare Level 5 certification, the highest level of care possible.

“Surgical quality should be the same regardless of nationality, private or public funding, or the economic status of patients. We all deserve good care, so having quality standardized across borders, as demonstrated by CURE International, creates equity and assures patient safety,” said Millicent Olulo, Regional Director at SafeCare. “There is no doubt that CURE hospitals are committed to creating a positive impact in communities.”

CURE Kenya is the sixth hospital in the CURE International network to earn a Level 5 ranking from SafeCare. For more information on SafeCare, visit https://www.safe-care.org/who-we-are/safecare-standards/ 

About the AIC-CURE Children’s Hospital of Kenya

CURE Kenya is Kenya’s first specialized pediatric orthopedic teaching hospital, which opened in Kijabe in 1998. Each year, CURE surgeons perform more than 2,500 life-changing reconstructive and orthopedic surgeries for children suffering from treatable disabilities. The teaching hospital has 70 beds and four operating rooms. Partnering with the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA), CURE Kenya offers training for orthopedic surgery at the residency and fellowship levels—training the next generation of national surgeons and healthcare workers. In addition to offering world-class medical care, CURE Kenya ministers to patients and their communities’ emotional and spiritual needs. The hospital also partners with the African Inland Church (AIC), which provided the land on which the hospital premises was found as a gift to the people of Kenya. Services are offered at no cost to families through the generous support of CURE’s partners and donors worldwide.

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