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  Inclusive development

  Inclusive development

  Opinion: Focus on disabilities like cleft to end malnutrition

  5 Jul 2022

  July is Cleft Awareness Month. To build inclusive food, health, and social protection systems that leave no one behind, we must ensure that children with disabilities are represented in research, policies, and partnerships, according to this op-ed.

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  Produced in Partnership: Healthy Access

  Produced in Partnership: Healthy Access

  Opinion: How to achieve UHC? Invest more, and better

  22 Aug 2019

  Millions of people’s lives are shaped by a lack of access to safe, affordable health care. Global health experts say it’s time to take action, calling on civil society to unite and urging governments to make substantial commitments to funding UHC.

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  Sponsored by Smile Train

  Sponsored by Smile Train

  Opinion: The secret to increasing global access to health care

  27 Nov 2017

  Globally, it is estimated that one child is born every three minutes with a cleft lip and/or palate — with 94 percent of these congenital anomalies occurring in low- and middle-income countries where surgical care isn’t always available. Smile Train's Susannah Schaefer explains the damaging effects this can have, and how the situation can be changed.

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