Community Mobilization and Awareness Creation for Orofacial Cleft Services: A Survey of Nigerian Cleft Service Providers
Table 1
Detailed characteristics of cleft care centers.
Geographic location [] (%)
Name of institution
Type of institution
Duration of existence (years)
Clefts repaired (%) []
North-West 3 (20%)
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria
Teaching hospital
>10 years
72 (1.55)
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano
Teaching hospital
5–10 years
155 (3.33)
Grassroot Smile Initiative (GSI), Kano
Nongovernmental organization
<5 years
1246 (26.8)
North-Central 4 (26.7%)
Cleft Care Foundation
Nongovernmental organization
<5 years
300 (6.45)
OHAI
Nongovernmental organization
<5 years
540 (11.6)
Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos
Teaching hospital
5–10 years
129 (2.78)
Vic Memorial Hospital, Jos
Private clinic
<5 years
52 (1.12)
North-East 2 (13.3%)
Federal Medical Center (FMC), Gombe
Medical center
5–10 years
380 (8.17)
Metro Cons Clinic, Gombe
Private clinic
<5 years
150 (3.23)
South-West 3 (20.0%)
Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos
Teaching hospital
5–10 years
420 (9.04)
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife
Teaching hospital
>10 years
200 (4.30)
University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan
Teaching hospital
5–10 years
200 (4.30)
South-East 1 (6.7%)
National Orthopedic Hospital (NOH), Enugu
Federal specialist hospital
>10 years
454 (9.76)
South-South 2 (13.3%)
University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin
Teaching hospital
>10 years
250 (5.38)
University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Port-Harcourt
Teaching hospital
>10 years
100 (2.15)
Federal government-owned cleft center: 8 teaching hospitals, 1 specialist hospital, 1 medical center; total number of surgeries 2360 (50.8%). Nongovernment owned organizations; 3 NGOs, 2 private dental clinics; total number of surgeries 2288 (49.2%).
