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Bangladesh

We are working with Bangladeshi specialists at the new Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery to create a sustainable, multi disciplinary centre to treat children with cleft lip and palate. 

The videos about Bangladesh have been created by CLEFT film-maker Paul Whittaker. They give an insight to daily life in Dhaka Medical College Hospital and show how the money raised by CLEFT has an impact on patients, their families and the staff there.

Treating craniofacial clefts

Treating craniofacial clefts

Craniofacial clefts are large clefts that can affect the face, eyes, nose and mouth. Read more

Published: 8th October, 2019

Updated: 7th April, 2021

Author: Melanie Baldwin

Nawrin and the C-Arm

Nawrin and the C-Arm

This important piece of equipment was supplied by CLEFT and is used to see moving images of the cleft palate. Nawrin is a 13 year old girl who was experiencing speech difficulties and needed the C-Arm to show the cleft team if further surgery was required. Read more

Published: 8th October, 2019

Author: Melanie Baldwin

A day in the life of CLEFT

A day in the life of CLEFT

This film gives a fascinating insight into life in the cleft ward through the team that work there. Read more

Published: 8th October, 2019

Updated: 28th February, 2020

Author: Melanie Baldwin

Brush your teeth

Dental hygiene is important for everyone, but for children born with clefts, having healthy teeth is particularly important. Teeth can grown in unusual places when the structure of the jaw is altered by the cleft and so sometimes teeth can be difficult or even painful to access. Read more

Published: 4th October, 2019

Updated: 14th November, 2019

Author: Melanie Baldwin

Paying for stitches

Paying for stitches

Traditionally, patients are often asked to buy some of the materials that are needed for their operation at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery, including sutures for the stitches they need. Read more

Published: 4th October, 2019

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Melanie Baldwin

Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery

Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery

We are working with Bangladeshi specialists at the new Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery to create a sustainable centre to treat children with cleft lip and palate. Read more

Published: 2nd October, 2019

Updated: 28th February, 2020

Author: Melanie Baldwin

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    A group of 12 adventurers, aged between 12 and 58 years old, left London in October 2019 for the challenge of a lifetime – to climb Mount Kilimajaro in Tanzania. Everyone had spent a year planning, training and fundraising for it and were ready for the challenges that lay ahead. CLEFT trustee and Kilimanjaro climber, Tracy Morris, tells us her story....

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  • Bangladesh cleft clinic seeing patients again

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    The pandemic has been hard on everyone, especially so when patients are unable to be seen. With Covid levels low enough, the cleft team in Bangladesh has been able to resume clinic.

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    An interview with Brian Sommerlad

    This is a wonderful interview where the children ask the questions.

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    A project to better understand the way the muscles of the soft palate work to see if improvements can be made to surgical techniques and reduce the need for further operations and speech therapy.

  • Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery

    Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery

    We are working with Bangladeshi specialists at the new Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery to create a sustainable centre to treat children with cleft lip and palate.

Pay for new parts for the anaesthetic machine in Dhaka

Pay for new parts for the anaesthetic machine in Dhaka

The anaesthetic machine that was supplied by CLEFT to the hospital in Dhaka needs new parts. Donate now and help pay for the new parts to get this vital piece of equipment working again. Read more

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Published: 13th October, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Melanie Baldwin

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