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Over five million people living with untreated clefts, study reveals

A child with a cleft lip awaits corrective surgery at Kisumu District Hospital on November 13, 2016. [File, Standard]

About five million people are living with untreated clefts globally, a new study has revealed.

In a report released today by World Smile Day in partnership with Smile Train and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), this number includes babies who haven't (and often won't) receive treatment and teenagers and adults who have lived for years without life-changing care.

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