Ghana: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate- Free Surgery At Ridge Hospital

19 October 2011

One in 1,000 babies is born each year with a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate, and 1 in 10 of these children will die before age one due to the inability to feed.

Cleft lips are lips that are not fully formed and cleft palates are holes in the roof of the mouth.

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