“EDEN”
A play by Eugene O Brien
[winner, best new play, Irish Times Theatre Awards]
in the
Millbank Theatre, Rush, Co. Dublin
on
Wednesday September 12th 2007 at 8.30pm
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Operation Smile, a private, not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization, provides free reconstructive surgery and related healthcare to children around the world born with cleft lip and/or palate.
Operation Smile was founded by Doctor William P Magee, a plastic surgeon, and his wife, Kathleen, in 1982. Operation Smile medical volunteers have treated more than 100,000 children worldwide since 1982 and currently has programs in 25 countries.
This year, Operation Smile commemorates its 25th anniversary, and its celebrations will culminate in November 2007 with the World Journey of Smiles, 43 simultaneous missions in 25 countries, with a goal of providing new smiles and new lives for an estimated 5,000 children living with facial deformities.
Happy 25th Anniversary to Operation Smile from the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland
Operation Smile Ireland
The growing interest from donors and medical professionals in Ireland about Operation Smile’s mission prompted the creation of Operation Smile Ireland in 2003.
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viagra see below” src=”http://www.cleft.ie/_newsite/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/listen.gif” alt=”Listen to this post, nurse see below” width=”16″ height=”16″ align=”absMiddle” />Irish families seeking information and support regarding stickler syndrome should contact:
Theresa Corrigan, rx Tel. 042 9665548
A word from Theresa…
(2nd February 2002)
Hi everyone,
My name is Theresa Corrigan, I live in Bailieborough, Co. Cavan. My husband was born with a cleft palate and short chin, we know it as Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS). We have four children from 10 to 3. Two of the girls had PRS and a very traumatic start to life.
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The US Food and Drug Administration reported in Sept’06 that preliminary information from the North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry suggested that babies exposed to Lamictal during the first three months of pregnancy may have a higher chance of being born with a cleft lip or cleft palate.
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According to today’s Sunday Independent (May 27, 2007), Ireland will become the first country in Europe to implement mandatory folic acid food fortification next year.
“The move will result in a 24 per cent drop in the number of babies born with neural tube defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly, doctors say. Ireland has one of the highest rates of neural tube defects in Europe with between 49 and 93 affected babies born here every year. Folic acid is a vitamin that, when taken prior to a woman becoming pregnant, can help prevent neural tube defects in babies.” (Quote)
A recently (May 2007) published ((SEE Norwegian study on folic acid supplements and risk of facial clefts)) Norwegian study on folic acid supplements and risk of facial clefts concluded that folic acid supplements during early pregnancy seem to reduce the risk of isolated cleft lip (with or without cleft palate) by about a third.
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As and from May 2007, cleft.ie has started rolling out a ‘Listen to this Page‘ service, and this feature will be extended to most pages and select posts over time.
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The Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland annual conference took place in Dublin this week, and there were a multitude of interesting and insiteful presentations on all aspects of cleft and cleft treatment. We hope in the near future to make available summaries of some of the presentations here.
Mr. Earley at the end of the conference handed over the chain of office as President to Bill Shaw, Professor of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Development, Manchester University Dental Hospital.
Right: Mr. Michael Earley, outgoing President, Gareth Davies, Chief Executive, CLAPA UK, Kirsi Yli-Kaitala, ex-CLAPA UK team administrator, Eddie Byrne, committee member and past President, CLAPAI. (click to enlarge)
The Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland this year holds its annual conference in Killiney, buy Co. Dublin. Mr. Michael Earley, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Temple Street, is the President of the Society for this year, and we wish him well in his role.
The conference takes place from the 18-20 April. CLAPAI will be present at the conference where we will have a stand and attend some of the many lectures that will be given.
Some of you will know that there currently is in an extensive study of the causes of cleft and how clefts can be prevented from occurring. The HRB are one of a number of organisations involved in this ‘trans-Atlantic’ research. Many of you will remember the two-year drive that the HRB conducted to collected samples from Ireland. Over 1,000 families participated by filling in questionnaires and providing ‘buccal’ samples.
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We would like to congratulate Mr. Michael Earley on his presidency of the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain & Ireland for 2007. The Society will be holding its 2007 conference in Dublin in April. The event will take place over three days and will feature leaders in all aspects of craniofacial care including treatment of cleft conditions. We trust all concerned will enjoy a great conference (& a great venue!).
