Monthly Archives: July 2025

Smile Train Opens Africa’s Largest Cleft Care Center in Ghana

Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, has officially opened a state-of-the-art Cleft Leadership Center (CLC) at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. Dubbed the National Cleft Care Center – A Smile Train Cleft Leadership Center, the facility is now the largest cleft care center on the African continent. At nearly 30,000 square feet,…

Study Projects Over 14 Million Preventable Deaths by 2030 if USAID Defunding Continues

A new study published in The Lancet has raised urgent concerns about the global health consequences of recent cuts to U.S. foreign aid. The study, estimates that 91 million deaths were prevented between 2001 and 2021 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) thanks to programs supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),…