How partnerships are helping cleft lip and palate surgeries in Kenya: Zawadi Juluis Saidi had reconstructive surgery on her cleft lip at a Dar es Salaam hospital. African children face huge barriers to surgery. Reuters/Sala LewisAbout 6% of all children worldwide are born with a birth defect. More than 300 000 babies with birth defects die annually within a month of being born. … [Read more...] about How partnerships are helping cleft lip and palate surgeries in Kenya | The Conversation
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Cape Town surgeon teams up with World Craniofacial Foundation for second round of life changing surgeries
In June 2015, Frank Graewe, a renowned reconstructive and micro-surgeon, teamed up with the World Craniofacial Foundation and Smile Foundation SA to perform life changing surgery for two young girls who suffered serious skull defects. Almost a year later, both girls are back in South Africa for their final surgery. Grace, an eight-year-old from Zambia, received ground-breaking … [Read more...] about Cape Town surgeon teams up with World Craniofacial Foundation for second round of life changing surgeries
