In 1828, Dieffenbach enhanced the surgical treatment of cleft palate by introducing hard palatal mucosa elevation to allow the closure of hard palatal cleft. von Langenbeck (1859) proposed the creation of a bipedicle mucoperiosteal flap that can be mobilized medially to close the palatal cleft.
In fact, over 2 million deaths occur each year from water-related diarrhea alone. At any given time, almost half of the people in developing countries suffer from water-related diseases.â â¢ WHO World Health Report 1999. Statistical Annex. Totals of 2.3 million excluding several water-related diseases.
With millions of people unable to access safe water and sanitation the impact on the health of communities is shocking â an estimated 54,000 children die each year directly from diarrhoea and 217,000 more die from related illnesses, such as malnutrition, pneumonia and malaria (UNICEF February 2012).n Ethiopian Red Cross Society programme is improving health and sanitation for 130,000 people. Only 44 per cent of the general population has access to safe drinking water. In rural areas, that drops to just 34 per cent (WHO/UNICEF March 2012).