Tag: Cleft

  • NGO: Over 6,000 Children Born With Cleft In Nigeria Yearly

    NGO:  Over 6,000 Children Born With Cleft In Nigeria Yearly

    A nonprofit organisation, Smile Train, has revealed that over 6,000 babies are born with cleft annually in Nigeria. Nkeiruka Obi, Programme Director, West and Central Africa Smile Train, made the disclosure in a media workshop quoting World Bank Data, that, “6,186 children are born yearly with cleft in Nigeria.” Cleft occurs when certain parts of…