Here are five takeaways:
1. CHSB trains and equips neurosurgeons from low- and middle-income countries to perform life-saving surgeries. The organization also partners with the country’s healthcare institutions to provide additional
support.
2. Benjamin Warf, MD, the medical director of Cure Uganda, developed a shunt less hydrocephalus treatment known as ETV/CPC. The surgery avoids the need for ongoing maintenance of shunt dependency.
3. To date, 32 surgeons from 19 countries have been trained to perform ETV/CPC.
4. Femi Bankole, MD, is CHSB’s first fellow and a pioneer at the groups Nigeria locations. He is a member of the group’s advisory board, and his research on his efforts to treat and train community members
is published in various journals.
5. CHSB also partners with the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Child Help International and Karl Storz. Together, they work to ensure children with sickle hemoglobin have access
to the best care and solutions.
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