Introduction

Being vast in size, China's population is by far the largest in the world. The rural-urban development divide has led to medical resource shortage and expensive medical expenses in remote areas, preventing cleft lip and palate patients from receiving early and follow-up treatments. Therefore the NCF, following Dr. Noordhoff's “Love Makes Whole” belief, integrated local Taiwanese businessmen's resources and began collaborating with ShenZhen Second Hospital in 2003, assisting with the hospital's training of medical practitioners. The NCF also assembled a team and embarked on cleft missions to local areas. This initiated the foundation's development plans for craniofacial medical collaboration projects with China. The plans are focused on training seed medical practitioners in China and allowing the people to receive medical treatments locally. The NCF successfully trained 66 seed medical practitioners and assisted 13 local interdisciplinary (including surgical, orthodontic, anesthetic, speech therapy, and other specialties) craniofacial teams from partner hospitals in providing patients with comprehensive cleft lip and palate medical services.

Background

  • Population: 1.398 billion
  • Population growth rate: 0.5 %
  • Average life expectancy: 76.9 years old
  • Land area: 9,600,000 sq.km 
  • Average national income (GNI per capita, Atlas method): US$10,390

(Sources: World Bank, 2019)

Current Status and Achievements

Training for medical personnel

Cleft missions

Comprehensive cleft care project

Medical symposium and workshop

Cooperation

Xi'an Jiaotong University Stomatology Hospital (Xi'an)

  • Contact person: Ms. Bin Ting Yang, Coordinator
  • Address: 98 Xi Wu Road, Xi'an China, on the southeast corner of the North Street intersection
  • Contact number: 133-8922-3952
  • E-mail: yangbinting1221@sina.com

 

Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (Shenzhen)

  • Contact person: Dr. Cang-Shang Zheng, Chief of Stomatology Department
  • Adress: 3002 Zhenggang West Road, Shenzhen City
  • Contact number: +86-755-83366388
  • E-mail: zhengcangshang@163.com

 

The Affiliated Hospital of Medical College Qingdao University (Qingdao)

  • Contact person: Dr. Xue-Cai Yang, Oral and Maxiliofacial Surgical Department
  • Address: 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao City, Shandong, 266003
  • Contact number: +86-532-82911359
  • E-mail: dryangxc@gmail.com

 

First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (Taiyuan) 

  • Contact person: Dr. Xin-Rong Nan, Stomatology Department
  • Address: 85 Jie Fang Nan Lu, Taiyuan City, Shanxi, 030001
  • Contact number: +86-351-4690868-8025
  • E-mail: xr_nan@sina.com

 

Hulunbuir People’s Hospital (Hulunbuir)

  • Contact person: Dr. Zai-En Han, Vice Chief of Oral Department
  • Address: Hospital Building, Hedong Victory Avenue, Hulunbeier City
  • Contact number: +86-470-3997148
  • Website: http://www.hlbryy.com/

 

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College (Shantou)

  • Address: Dongxia North Road, Shantou City, Guangdong Province
  • Contact number: +86-754-88915800

 

People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Urumqi)

  • Address: 91 Tian Chi Lu, Urumqi
  • Contact number: +86-991-8558693

 

West China College/Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University (Chengdu)

  • Contact person: Dr. Sheng Li, Faculty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Address: 14, Section 3, Renminnan Rd., Chengdu, Sichuan
  • Contact number: +86-28-85501437
  • E-mail：daydreamer163@163.com

 

Nanjing Stomatological Hospital (Nanjing)

  • Contact person: Dr. Hua Yuan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Address: 136 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing
  • Contact number: +86-25-86662943
  • E-mail：rolener@gmail.com

 

Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital (Shanghai)

  • Address: 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai
  • Contact number: +86-21-6313-8341

 

School & Hospital of Stomatological Wenzhou Medical University (Wenzhou)