Announcement: National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness andPrevention Month - July 2014

July is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month, an observance intended to raise awareness and improve understanding of birth defects of the head and face. Common craniofacial birth defects include orofacial clefts (cleft lip, cleft palate, or both), craniosynostosis (when the skull sutures join together prematurely), and anotia/microtia (when the ear is missing or malformed).


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  • Language: English
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Date Syndication Captured: Thursday, July 03, 2014 at 08:49 PM
  • Date Syndication Updated: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 11:30 PM

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