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Mission: The mission of the "cure 4 the kids foundation" is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment, while providing access to quality medical care for the uninsured, underinsured, and medically indigent children of nevada with complex medical issues through a charity care plan, education, research and advocacy.
Programs: The hemophilia treatment center of las vegas is nevada's only federally recognized hemophilia treatment center (htc) and is a program of the alliance for childhood diseases. Htc of nevada is part of a regional network of over 130 treatment centers in the nation that specialize in providing individual services to children and adults with inherited bleeding disorders. Hemophilia treatment centers in this network abide by federal guidelines for the delivery of comprehensive hemophilia services as developed by the maternal child health bureau (mchb), centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and the national hemophilia foundation (nhf). They provide family-centered, state of the art medical and psychosocial services, education, and research to persons with inherited bleeding disorders including hemophilia and von willebrand disease.
children's specialty center of nevada (cscn) offers comprehensive and individualized medical care for patients with pediatric oncology, pediatric rheumatology, pediatric metabolic and immunology issues, as well as rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases including lysosomal storage diseases. Cscn provides medical consultations, diagnostic services, including immediate results for many laboratory tests, disease treatment modalities available for patients affected with the disease.