By Dr Seidu Bello, Executive Director, CFDF. All the hospitals in Nigeria are built and operated by either government or private individuals. Definitely, enormous success has been recorded over the years in the healthcare sector but there are a lot of gaps to be filled. One of such area is specialist care including craniofacial surgery […]
. By Dr Seidu Bello (Executive Director, CFDF) It is often said ” If we approach an issue the same way, we will always get the same result” Let’s approach the care of the less privileged patients with facial deformity diseases from an unconventional perspective. Proposed Abuja Craniofacial hospital for the needy is located at […]
By Aben Jonas. It was a busy day at the Abuja office of CLEFT & FACIAL DEFORITY FOUNDATION (CFDF) on March 11th, 2021. The expanded board of Trustees of the foundation met and deliberated on how to ensure continuous growth and philanthropic reach of the organisation, and prepare her for future challenges. The board of […]
By Folashade Amole. “This is marvellous, commendable and a practical step towards improving access to specialised care by Nigerians”. This was the remark by Dr Sanni Balarabe, the CEO of Regional Centre for Oral Health and the chairman of board of Trustee of CLEFT & CRANIOFACIAL DEFORMITY FOUNDATION (CFDF), when he visited the site today […]
Aben Jonas Cleft & Facial Deformity Foundation plans the next craniofacial surgery (CFDF) at Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nassarawa State of Nigeria. It is the 24th edition of the programme that has been carried out since 2012. According to the information released in Abuja over the weekend, all prospective beneficiary patients are to assemble at […]
Like every mortal, curtain of worldly activities drew to a close for Baba Bello Akande Adewale Durodola on 17th August 1990 following a brief illness. It is now 30years and director of Cleft & Facial Deformity Foundation, Abuja, Dr Seidu Bello in association with the family members took time off to remember a caring father.Like […]
The ConceptThe founder of CLEFT & FACIAL DEFORMITY FOUNDATION (CFDF), Dr Seidu Bello had this long term belief that provision of an hospital with specific emphasis on indigent patients with head and neck diseases, is possible and practicable. My belief was reinforced in 2013 when I visited India and discovered that Sri Ramachandra Hospital located […]
“Ankylosis” is the term used to describe fusion and subsequent rigidity of the joints, which can occur in several different parts of the body, including the ankle, elbow, knee, shoulder, finger, or jawbone. The joint responsible for opening and closing of the mouth is called Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ). They are two joints on the 2 […]
What a mom-to-be puts on her skin, eats, and smokes affects her baby. There are more than 4,000 different kinds of birth defects, ranging from minor ones that need no treatment to serious ones that cause disabilities or require medical or surgical treatment. If a baby is born with a part of the body that […]
BY DR S.A BELLO Diseases of the face constitutes facial deformities, with its attendant social stigma due to its prominence to the outside world. But the question is: ARE THE FACIAL DISEASES THE SAME? The answer is NO. Facial diseases could be grouped into 4 classes: Facial Clefts: This is birth defect where the lips, […]