First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. “I was born with a cleft palate myself and over the years I decided to volunteer with various organisations that deal with cleft [palates] ...

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hussain announces a national program for treating children with cleft lip and palate in Bangladesh, improving lives.

NORWOOD, Mass., Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Smile Foundation (GSF) will host the 7th annual Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop (CCCW) from November 18–21, 2025, in Cartagena, Colombia, marking ...

A group of private and public doctors on Thursday launched the Cleft Lip and Palate Management Foundation (CL&PMF) in Accra to treat more children and adults with the deformity. Cleft lip and palate ...

Ronnie Liang's new Ngiti Foundation aims to provide free operations/surgery, free maintenance medicine, and free transportation to children with cleft lip and palate. Years ago, singer and pilot ...

In recognition of Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month this July, an observance established through the advocacy of ...

DorcasThabethe with her 15-month-old baby Dominique Malusi Mthetwa at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital. With the support of the Smile foundation, a medical team operated on Dominique to fix his cleft ...

Fortis Foundation's 'Umeed-Smile' initiative has recently supported the treatment of a four-month-old baby for her cleft lip surgery, making her the 100th child benefitting from the programme. The ...

Many molecular pathways in zebrafish are present in humans and other vertebrates. By studying the induced mutation in zebrafish, the 10-member research team isolated a disruption in early ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders face numerous medical challenges beyond appearance. Patients can face serious airway, feeding, speech and ...