International workshop discusses cleft lips and palates

Domestic and foreign health experts discussed cleft lips and palates as well as other congenital abnormalities at an international workshop that opened in Hanoi on November 25.
Domestic and foreign health experts discussed cleft lips and palates aswell as other congenital abnormalities at an international workshop thatopened in Hanoi on November 25.

The event, the eighth of itskind, was co-organised by the Medical University and the InternationalCleft Lip and Palate Foundation (ICPF).

Addressing the event,Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan blamed disadvantages suffered by childrenand their parents on the lack of knowledge about advanced medicaltechnologies and outdated prejudices against the condition.

The workshop mirrors the ICPF’s special attention to Vietnam andchildren with deformities, she said, suggesting delegates focus theirdiscussion on awareness-raising work and the research of new treatmentmethods.

The Vice President also urged measures to step upinternational cooperation between countries, including Vietnam, tocurb cleft lips and palates, even in foetuses, bringing a better lifeto children and their families.

She asked domestic delegatesto learn from international experience in the treatment and surgery ofcleft palates to raise the quality of health services for children inVietnam.

Statistics reveal that about 14 million people acrossthe world suffer from cleft lip and palate, a common congenital anomalywith birth prevalence ranging from 1/500 to 1/1,000.

InVietnam, cleft lip and palate ranks second among inborn defects withcontraction rate at about 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent.

Apart from appearance, children born with cleft lip and palate may have their linguistic function affected.

According to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien, cleft lip andpalate can be diagnosed before birth. He added that children can fullyrehabilitate and reintegrate into the community after surgery.

Carrying the message of the need to stop abortion because of deformitiesthat can be fully treated, the four-day workshop also discussed othercongenital abnormalities relating to the jaw and facial bones, ear, noseand throat.-VNA

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