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United Arab Emirates

For children born with a cleft condition, medical and non-medical volunteers improve smiles, lives and communities across the UAE.

Marwa holds a teddy bear at Operation Smile UAE.

Operation Smile UAE: By the Numbers

In UAE, children affected by cleft conditions receive access to safe surgery and multidisciplinary support.

2011

Year services began in UAE

167

Cleft surgeries

60+

Medical Volunteers

It is estimated that, worldwide, a child is born every three minutes with a cleft condition — about one in every 500 to 750 births.

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