Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

[Courtesy Smile Train] On World Cleft Day today ... hospital boasts a comprehensive cleft health centre. "We provide comprehensive care for cleft lip and palate, a congenital deformity affecting ...

July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects. About 6,000 to 8,000 babies are born in the United States with ...

who started the rescue in May 2023 as a division of New 2 U Rescue. “We get puppies from across the country.” A cleft lip or palate — an opening in the upper lip or roof of the mouth ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have ... will benefit charities like Smile Train, the world's largest cleft-focused organization that transforms ...

Mary Edang from Samburu County holds her 5-month-old son Brayden Lonyalik at the St Francis Community Hospital as they wait for his free cleft lip surgery ... this year’s World Smile Day.