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CLAP Cleft Lip and Palate Care Programme CLAP is MJAF’s flagship healthcare initiative addressing the urgent needs of children born with cleft lip and palate conditions.

At MJAF, we believe that cleft care is a journey, beginning with surgery and continuing through healing, follow up, and long-term support for both the child and the family.

From Surgery to Sustained Care Between September 2024 and November 2025, MJAF carried out three consecutive Cleft Care Missions. These missions not only performed surgeries but also focused on revisits, follow-up, and long-term care.

Three Missions One Commitment:

Mission 1 September 2024: 25 corrective surgeries (15 lip 10 palate); 8 follow up visits
Mission 2 February 2025: 20 new surgeries; 12 revisits, delayed palate repairs and secondary intervention planning
Mission 3 November 2025: 37 surgeries; 18 to 20 revisits; lip nose and palate revisions, along with speech assessments

Impact So Far

• 82 primary surgical patients treated
• 38 to 40 patients were supported through revisits
• 120+ total patient touchpoints
• Scope includes: primary repairs, bilateral corrections, palate reconstruction, fistula repair, and revision surgeries

Why Follow Up Matters Healing, speech development, facial growth, and social integration unfold over years. Structured revisits ensure complications are addressed early and families remain supported long after surgery.
CLAP ensures no child is treated and then forgotten.

Building a Centre of Comprehensive Care MJAF envisions a permanent Centre providing:

• Early diagnosis and feeding support
• Surgical care for cleft lip and palate
• Speech therapy and hearing support
• Nutritional guidance and growth monitoring
• Psychological and family counseling long-term follow up at every stage

The Centre will expand into broader pediatric and craniofacial services for holistic, continuous care.