India has one of the highest rates of cleft births, and misconceptions and stigma often delay recovery from this treatable ...

Smile Train, a renowned global nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free cleft repair surgeries ... of a child who has undergone cleft lip surgery, illustrating the profound difference ...

Next, children will have surgery to repair the cleft and close the gap. Children will usually have surgery for a cleft lip between 3 and 6 months and for a cleft palate between 6 and 12 months.