More than
72,000 cases of cleft lip, palate exist in India
New Delhi: A new survey suggests that
India has over 72,000 cases of unrepaired cleft lip or cleft palate.
Infants in low and middle-income countries
face significant barriers to treatment, leading to prolonged disfigurement,
social stigma, speech impairment as well as trouble of feeding food that can
result in malnutrition and death.
The findings showed that there are
72,637 cases of unrepaired CL/P in India. The percentage of individuals with
unrepaired CL/P who were older than the respective target age group of 1-2
ranged from 37.0 per cent in Goa to 65.8 per cent in Bihar.
Safe, timely and effective surgery can
result in successful outcomes, the researchers noted, in the paper published
online by JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. However, poor states like Bihar, with
less health care infrastructure were found to have with exceptionally high
rates for the surgery.
The
rate of unrepaired CL/Ps ranged from less than 3.5 per 100,000 population in
Kerala and Goa to 10.9 per 100,000 population in Bihar. Substandard nutrition
and a lack of prenatal care are known to be the likely reasons for these
congenital disorders.
Source:
www.zeenews.india.com
11.06.2016
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