Smile for you

Every year, Vietnam has about 3,000 children born with cleft lip and palate (ratio 1/700). For these children, in addition to the impact on their health and difficulties in daily life, there is also mental pain due to limited opportunities to integrate into the community. However, for more than 30 years, with the cooperation of hospitals from central to local levels, the Fund for Vietnamese Children, domestic and international charitable organizations have persistently implemented many surgical programs, bringing smiles and opportunities to integrate into the community for millions of Vietnamese children.

Author Tran Cong Dat has recorded photos of cleft lip and palate surgeries performed by doctors to bring smiles to children through the photo album "Smile for You". The photo series was submitted by the author to the Happy Vietnam Photo and Video Contest, organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications. Cleft lip and palate is the most common birth defect that occurs in the face and mouth. hope to bring smiles to children with congenital facial deformities, thereby giving them the opportunity to experience the best things in life." This treatment is a long-term process with many procedures such as lip and palate surgery, speech therapy, orthodontics, bone correction, and cosmetic surgery in adulthood. Community health care, focusing on providing free surgery for children with cleft lip, palate and facial deformities in developing countries. However, these children will have a normal face if treated according to the comprehensive protocol for children with cleft lip and palate. Successful surgery will help children overcome difficulties in eating and daily activities and become more confident like their peers.

According to statistics, worldwide, the rate of children born with cleft lip and palate is 1/700 children. Every 3 minutes, a child is born with this deformity. Notably, in some areas of Vietnam - a country with a high rate of children with facial deformities in the world, children also have to endure alienation and discrimination from the community. Most of them are born into families with difficult circumstances, unable to afford surgery costs. Therefore, children with facial deformities enter adulthood without the social skills or work skills necessary to find a useful job./.

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