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Untreated cleft palate rates world's highest, says report


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Cambodia has the highest rate of untreated cleft lip and palate in infants, out of more than 100 low- and middle-income countries, a new global study has found.

The Kingdom’s rate of unrepaired cleft lip and palate stood at 28.5 per 100,000 people, compared to just 2.5 in Romania. The report, published in World Journal of Surgery on July 14, used data from Operation Smile surgical programs in 12 countries, together with information from the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank.

From there, it developed a model to estimate the numbers of cleft lip and palate cases that went untreated before the ideal ages of 1 and 2, respectively, in 113 nations. “Our model provides marked insight into the global surgical backlog due to cleft lip and palate,” the report states.

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/untreated-cleft-palate-rates-worlds-highest-says-report

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