PCS was founded in 2007 to provide free care for Palestinian children with cleft lip and palate, and other congenital craniofacial anomalies. The Cleft Society is made up of Palestinian surgeons, speech therapists, dentists, orthodontists, geneticists, and pediatricians, as well as foreign cleft practitioners who have provided support to the Palestinian practitioners. PCS is supported by the University of North Carolina (UNC) Medical Foundation.
Monday, August 29, 2011
pcs goals in the setting of limited resources
Homes inaccessible due to rundown infrastructure, people suffer secondary to limited supplies and a lack of electricity. We are so fortunate that such complexities in daily life are not the norm for us but rather consequences of severe natural forces that challenge our accepted comforts. Yet the reality is that much of the world's population confronts such challenges routinely and of course this has implications on health care quality and access, especially for the most vulnerable populations, women and children. In the context of West Bank and Gaza, where resources are limited and travel is restricted secondary to military-run checkpoints, PCS aims to serve as part of the solution - working hard to provide sustainable and continuous care for children and adults who have complex health conditions.
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