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Dr. Natalia Tetruieva of OHMATDIT, Ukraine’s national children’s hospital in Kyiv”
Ukraine
Dec 9, 2022

Ukraine’s Dr. Natalia Tetruieva Was Always a Healthcare Hero

What our partner in Kyiv wants you to know

Dr. Gergorie Akakpo-Numado
Togo
Oct 13, 2022

Dr. Grégoire Akakpo-Numado: Smile Train’s Model is Life or Death for My Patients

To begin a career bringing tears of joy to mothers across Togo, he had to make his father mad first
Lifebox Pulse ox
Kenya
Jul 8, 2022

Announcing the Lifebox-Smile Train Pulse Oximeter

11,000 new devices will save lives

Beatriz Gonzalez at Smile Train HQ in New York
United States
May 24, 2022

Why Smile Train Banks On Beatriz

"My priority is always my allegiance to all of our constituents. Always."
Ethiopia
May 19, 2022

A Major Change in Children's Surgery

An interview with Smile Train partner Dr. Getaw on how Smile Train and Lifebox are making surgery safer for children with clefts

Yordanka with her son Dani
Bulgaria
May 6, 2022

This Cleft Mom and Speech Therapist Knows All That a Smile Can Mean

A truly unique perspective from a mother who has seen it all
Sister Najjuka celebrates with a patient's family
Uganda
Mar 15, 2022

Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker

Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners

Comrade Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun
Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021

Nursing Leadership in Pediatric Surgical Care

Comrade Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun

 

Baby boy at oral health training
Nigeria
Aug 23, 2021

All Aboard for Healthy Smiles

With GSK, we're providing oral health training to support children with clefts.

Sesnie hugging a boy after cleft lip and cleft palate surgery in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Apr 5, 2021

"I Am Resilient!" Meet Smile Train's Program Manager for East Africa

A conversation with one of our heroes.

Dr. Amanda Malungo holding a cleft patient after his surgery.
Zambia
Mar 2, 2021

This Woman — and Smile Train Partner — is Making History in Zambia

She's 36 years old, a mother of four, Zambia's first female plastic surgeon, and a Smile Train partner. Here's how she does it all.

Dr. Luis Cuadros with a cleft lip and palate patient and his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation.
United States
Feb 24, 2021

"It Is Possible": Celebrating Dr. Luis Cuadros

Thanks to Dr. Cuadros — and Smile Train — having a cleft on the Navajo reservations of New Mexico is no longer a sentence to a life of isolation and sickness.

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