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Equity and participation in outreach surgical aid: Interplast ANZ

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Abstract

Equity and participation in outreach surgical aid: Interplast ANZ. Cleft lip and palate deformities affect approximately 1 in 600 newborn babies worldwide. On the assumption that 15 000 children are born per hour globally, then a child is born with a cleft somewhere in the world every 2.5 min.2 From birth to maturity, multiple surgical and non-surgical procedures disrupt these childrena??s life. The incidence of clefts is higher in the developing world
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)420 - 422
Number of pages3
JournalANZ Journal of Surgery
Volume79
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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