Ahmadu Bello University
The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) in Zaria, led by Dr. Emmanuel A. Ameh, became a Smile Train Partner in 2004 and has treated more than 40 children to date. ABUTH aims not only to treat additional children in need of cleft lip and palate repair, but is also committed to raising the standard of cleft care within the region.
Dr. Emmanuel Adoyi Ameh, Senior Lecturer &consultant Pediatric Surgeon
Pediatric Surgery Unit / Dept. of Surgery
Zaria, Kaduna State 810001
Nigeria
Phone: 234-69-333311
Fax: 234-69-334150
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) is a 300 bed capacity teaching hospital located in Kano city in the North West Zone on Nigeria. It is a major referral center servicing more that 25 million people. AKTH has been providing cleft care for the past 6 years with the establishment of the Dental and Maxillofacial department. Most of the patients cannot afford the cost of surgery, and in the past only a very small number could receive the surgery. The cleft team consists of a maxillofacial surgeon, ENT surgeons, pediatricians, a pediatric surgeon, and nurses. With the help of a grant from the Smile Train, they will be able to provide surgery for 25 children who could not otherwise afford it.
The cleft team at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital is also involved in the NIGERIANCRAN CLP STUDY, an international multi-center study into the causes and prevention of cleft lip and palate.
Dr. Adetokunbo Adebola
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
PMB 3452
Kano
Nigeria
Phone: +0803 7024536
Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital
The Smile Train funded a Treatment Grant to Ebonyi State University in Enugu in 2002 and again in 2006. The program, now led by Dr. Anthonia O. Uduezue, supports cleft surgeries for poor children in Nigeria. Maternal care and delivery is free at this hospital, so doctors identify cleft children here and educate mothers on when to come back for cleft repairs. In the past, many haven't come back because this treatment wasn't free, but as word spreads of the free treatment available through Smile Train funding, we are hoping this will change.
Dr. Anthonia O. Uduezue
Ebonyi State Teaching Hospital
PMB 077
Post Code 480001
Abakaliki, Enugu
Nigeria
Phone: (+234) 43 221882, (+234) 43 300700
Fax: (+234) 43 221856
Web site: www.ebsuth.org
Ladole Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital
LAUTECH Teaching Hospital is a tertiary care center established in 1998 to serve the Oyo and Osun states in Nigeria. With the appointment of Dr. Peter B. Olaitan to the Plastic Surgery department in 2004, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital began treating cleft patients within Oyo and Osun states as well as those referred from major cities in southwestern Nigeria. In February 2006, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital enhanced their cleft services by establishing a more comprehensive multidisciplinary cleft care team, including a plastic surgeon, ENT surgeon, pediatric surgeon, pediatricians, social workers, anesthesia nurses and an epidemiologist. With a Smile Train Treatment Grant, awarded in October 2006, Dr. Peter B. Olaitan can continue to provide high quality cleft care and increase public awareness about cleft treatment at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Peter Babatunde Olaitan
Ladole Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital
Ajegunle Street
Odogbo, Osun State
Nigeria 234
Phone: 234-80-8360-9292
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Lagos University Teaching Hospital was established in 1966 in Surulere, in the heart of Lagos. It is a tertiary health institution for training graduates and postgraduates in medicine, dentistry, and other allied health sciences, and is affiliated with the University of Lagos, a foremost University in Nigeria.
For the past 15 years, LUTH has been treating cleft patients who were unable to pay for the full cost of a surgery. Their Cleft Lip and Palate Team made up of an experienced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon as well as Ear, Nose and Throat doctors, Plastic Surgeons, Pediatricians and Orthodontists, and they have a surgical unit devoted just to oral and maxillofacial surgery. With the help of a Smile Train grant in 2006 for the treatment of 40 patients, LUTH will be able to continue providing excellent cleft care to the many more children in need.
Dr. M.O. Ogunlew
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
P. M.B 12003
Lagos
Nigeria 234
Phone: +234802-307-1444
National Orthopaedic Hospital
With a Treatment Grant awarded in September 2006, the Smile Train is supporting cleft lip and palate repairs at the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Enugu, Nigeria. This center has been providing high quality cleft care for 20 years, and with Smile Train support, they can now extend their services to poor children on the waiting list. Drs. Ifeanyichukwu Onah, Iheuko Ogbonnaya, and Richard Nnabuko, Plastic Surgeons, plan to treat 24 cleft patients at no cost during the next year, as well as increase public awareness about cleft treatment and form interdisciplinary cleft teams.
Dr. Ifeanyichuhukwu Igwilo Onah
National Orthopaedic Hospital
Abakpa Junction
Abakaliki Expressway
Enugu, 400001
Nigeria
Phone: 234-80-5847-1489
Fax: 231-42-558-246
Web site: www.nohenugu.com
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
The Smile Train awarded the Ife Cleft Management Group at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, located in Osun State of Nigeria, a Treatment Grant in February of 2006. The funds will provide surgeries for 50 children who otherwise would have gone untreated. It will also provide speech therapy for over 20 children. According to the hospital, this will enlarge their frontier of care by between 100 and 120%.
The Smile Train also provided the cleft team at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital with an Education and Training Grant to support their travel to the International Cleft Lip & Palate Foundation Meeting/Biannual Conference in Eastbourne, U.K. in June 2006.
Ife Cleft Management Group
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
C/O Professor O. Adejuyigbe
Chief Medical Director
Ile Ife, Osun State 220005
Nigeria
Phone: +234-8033298206
Fax: +234-8037233555
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital
Dr. Olayinka A. Alawoye is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in South Western Nigeria. The Smile Train has recently approved funding of a fellowship that will allow him to acquire more surgical skills and experience through one on one mentoring under the esteemed tutorship of Dr. Adenwalla. Dr. Adenwalla is the head of The Charles Pinto Centre in India, which is one of The Smile Train's Partners.
Dr. Alawoye will spend three months with Dr. Adenwalla in India beginning July 20, 2006. After the completion of the training/ clinical experience, he will return to Nigeria to use his skills to improve the quality of care of patients in his country. Dr. Alawoye plans to share what he learns from Dr. Adenwalla with his colleagues and trainees thereby spreading his acquired knowledge.
Dr. Olayinka A. Alawoye
Lecturer/ Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Surgery Department
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital
Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences
Sagamu, Ogun
Nigeria
Phone: + 2348023582683
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, located in Borno State of Nigeria, has been involved with cleft care for the past 10 years. With support from The Smile Train, University of Maiduguri has been able to provide free cleft surgery for more than 50 Nigerian children who otherwise would never be able to receive it, and will provide an additional 50 surgeries next year. The Smile Train program is overseen by Dr. Hector Oladapo Olasoji.
Dr. Hector Oladapo Olasoji
PMB 1414
Maiduguri, Borno State
Nigeria
Phone: 076 232395
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital
Dr. Jacob Ndas Legbo
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital
Dept of Surgery VDUTH
PMB 2370
Sokoto 840001
Nigeria
Phone: +234 (0) 8035868790
Military Hospital Ikoyi, Lagos
Dr. Lilian Ahaji
Military Hospital Ikoyi, Lagos
Awolowo Road
Ikoyi
Lagos
Nigeria
Phone: 08033461480
University College Hospital – Ibadan
Prof. O. M. Oluwatosin
Dept. of Surgery
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Oyo State, Nigeria
Phone: 0803 475 3574
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
Dr. Ismaila A. Adigun
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
PMB 1459
Ilorin, Kwara
Nigeria 240001
Phone: +2348033464868
Fax: +234031220020
National Hospital
Dr Ademola A Olaitan
Cleft Care Team Director
Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery Department
PMB 425
Garki, Abuja, FCT
Nigeria 900001
Phone: 23492342688
Fax: 23492342632
Web site: www.nationalhospitalabuja.net
Jos University Teaching Hospital
Dr Simon Jekat Yiltok
Jos University Teaching Hospital
AI Murtala Muhammed Way
Jos Plateau State
Nigeria 930001
Phone: 08037036014 or 08053270037
Oak Specialist Clinic
Dr Segun Aranmolate
Oak Specialist Clinic
c/o Legus Specialist Hospital
34 Akorohunfayo Street
Fadeyi
Lagos
Nigeria
Phone: 08023004306 or 08033681190
Grassroot Smile Initiative
Dr Adetokunbo Adebola
Grassroot Smile Initiative
18A Magaji Rumfai
PO Box 922
Kano
Nigeria
Phone: 08037024536 or 064978426
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital
Dr Aledolapo Fasawe
Project Coordinator
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital
1-3 Oba Akinjobi Street
Ikeja GRA
Lagos
Nigeria
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi
Dr Muna Chira
Head of Department, Burns/Plastic
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi
Igbobi, Yaba
Nigeria
Federal Medical Centre Owerri
Dr Kizito Ndukwe
Federal Medical Centre Owerri
PMB 1010
Orlu Road
Owerri
Imo State
Nigeria
Phone: 08034013540
