OMPHALOCELE - ABDOMEN WALL DEFECT

Gastroschisis and omphalocele are among the group of congenital anomalies most frequently encountered by pediatric surgeons. Their combined incidence is 1 in 2,000 births; hence, a pediatric surgeon sees twice as many babies with abdominal wall defects as babies with esophageal atresia and a tracheoesophageal fistula.

ANENCEPHALY - NEURAL TUBE DEFECT

Anencephaly is a serious developmental defect of the central nervous system in which the brain and cranial vault are grossly malformed. The cerebrum and cerebellum are reduced or absent, but the hindbrain is present. Anencephaly is a part of the neural tube defect (NTD) spectrum. This defect results when the neural tube fails to close during the third to fourth weeks of development, leading to fetal loss, stillbirth, or neonatal death.

CLEFT LIPS & PALATE (BIBIR SUMBING & LELANGIT)

Smile Train

FOUNDED in 1999, smile train is the world's largest cleft charity with over 2200 partner surgeons operating in over 1100 partner hospitals, and has helped more children in over 80 countries - many of the world's poorest. 

Cleft are a major problem in developing countries, where millions of children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts cannot eat or speak properly, and aren't allowed to attend school or hold a job. Their clefts usually go untreated because they are too poor to pay for a simple surgery that has been around for decades.