Global Smile Foundation

Global Smile Foundation (GSF) is a nonprofit organization based in Norwood, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]

Global Smile
FounderUsama Hamdan
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersNorwood, Massachusetts, U.S.
Websitegsmile.org

History

Global Smile Foundation was founded in 2008 by Usama Hamdan.[2] It gives cleft care, cleft lip and cleft palate, to underserved communities.[3] Hamadan was recognized by the Social Security of Health, Peru in 2022 when they announced that they are establishing a fissured center to treat congenital facial deformities, named after him.[3][4]

In 2012, the Global Smile Foundation established a cleft center in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Fundacion Global Smile-Ecuador at Leon Becerra Hospital.[5]

By 2014, the Global Smile Foundation was seeing 350 patients with congenital facial deformities and performing surgeries on over two hundred patients during a one-week mission.[6]

In 2015, the Global Smile Foundation surgeons worked with Peruvian surgeons virtually using an augmented reality technology called Proximie to perform a surgery on a cleft lip patient.[7][8]

Global Smile Foundation is active Ecuador, El Salvador, Lebanon,[9] and Peru.[10][11] In Peru, they have assisted more than four thousand children recover their smiles with the help of EsSalud.[3][12][13] In Lebanon, GSF started its work in 2014 by establishing a specialized association.[14] To further develop their work in Lebanon, they entered in a cooperation agreement with the Union of Relief and Development Association Lebanon in order to treat Syrian refugees’ children with cleft lip and palate.[15]

References
  1. "Global Smile". Boston Globe.
  2. "Le consul du Liban à N.Y. : Priorité à la qualité et la rapidité de nos services". L'Orient-Le Jour. May 30, 2014.
  3. "EsSalud | Más de 4 mil niños con deformaciones faciales volvieron a sonreír en Trujillo rmmn | PERU". Correo. May 27, 2022.
  4. "Distinguen a Misión Global Smile Foundation y profesionales de EsSalud La Libertad". La Industria.
  5. Swanson, Jordan W. (2021). Global Cleft Care in Low-Resource Settings. Springer Nature. p. 550. ISBN 9783030591052.
  6. "Ray Ciccolo heads to Beirut for a good cause". Boston Globe.
  7. "La Libertad: EsSalud realizo cirugia a nino de 3 anos gracias a telemedicina". Correo. October 6, 2015.
  8. "Proximie remote surgeons". Wired. June 1, 2020.
  9. "Greffeur de moelle libanais à New York, Farid Boulad rêve de sauver davantage de jeunes vies". L'Orient-Le Jour. May 18, 2015.
  10. "Global Smile".
  11. "3 ساعات لتنهي نور طعامها وجراحتان قبل السنة... من بين 400 مولود ثمة طفل يعاني تشوهاً". An-Nahar.
  12. "Les devuelven la sonrisa a los niños". Correo. May 31, 2009.
  13. "EsSalud y fundación Global Smile operan a 45 niños con labio leporino y paladar hendido". Radio Nacional del Perú. May 26, 2022.
  14. "إطلاق الحملة الوطنية للتوعية على التشوهات الخلقية الفموية ... 'حتى ما يبقى حدا بلا ابتسامة'". An-Nahar.
  15. "اتفاقية تعاون بين "الإغاثية" و"غلوبال سمايل" لعلاج الشفة الأرنبية". دنيا الوطن.

Further reading
  • Sustainable Cleft Care: A Comprehensive Model Based on the Global Smile Foundation Experience
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