Download Conference
Report (PDF)
What are the S4CCC 2025 recommendations? How did they emerge? Who led the charge? How was the innovative “sprint methodology” received?
Download the main Conference Report, along with the Guideline Recommendation series to learn more – and share it with your colleagues!
The report is available in English, Spanish and French.
What is the Solutions4CCC?
Solutions4CCC (Solutions for Comprehensive Cleft Care) is a biannual global virtual conference that brings together cleft care professionals to share best practices and co-create practical solutions for challenges in low-resource settings. Multidisciplinary teams, organized into “Solutions Groups”, follow a “Sprint Methodology” to present their recommendations during live Roundtable sessions—most recently on March 20, 2025.
Sprint Methodology
How to Use the Guideline Recommendation Series
Each S4CCC Guideline Recommendations report offers clear, actionable guidance informed by both evidence and frontline experience. Developed by interdisciplinary cleft care experts from around the world, these reports are designed to support cleft teams, NGOs, and health system leaders—especially in low-resource settings.
The series serves as a practical tool to inspire discussion, foster collaboration, and guide the implementation of more inclusive and sustainable cleft care strategies to support families affected by cleft lip and palate.
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Plenaries
Opening Plenary
Quality Care for Mothers and Newborns: Cleft Within the Big Picture
How can we understand cleft care within the broader context of maternal and newborn health—especially in resource-constrained settings? What happens to newborns with cleft or other conditions after discharge from hospitals or clinics? And how can the cleft care community align its solutions-focused efforts with wider health system priorities?
Listen as Dr. Taylor frames our conference within the realities of health systems in LMICs, calling for deeper integration between cleft care and early life health strategies.
Dr. Sebastian Taylor
Closing Plenary
From Roundtables to Practical CCC Tools
What does lasting change look like—and how do we get there? In this closing session, global cleft care leaders reflect on their most important takeaways from the Roundtable discussions and share their insights on turning recommendations into real-world, practical tools for Comprehensive Cleft Care (CCC).
Dr. Sebastian Taylor
Guideline Series
Available in English, Spanish and French
Roundtable Group A: SG 1
Effective Community-based CCC Interventions
What strategies lower the burden of care for families who live far from a CCC hospital or centre?
Co-Chairs
Suraj Subramaniyan
SLP, India
David Gillett
Surgeon, Australia
Roundtable Group A: SG 3
Making the Case for Core CCC Disciplines
How do we effectively advocate, internally and externally, for year-round CCC care?
Co-Chairs
Omolola Orenuga
Pediatric Dentist, Nigeria
Ruben Ayala
NGO, USA
Roundtable Group B: SG 2
Multidisciplinary CCC Team-building
What practices are most effective in building and maintaining strong CCC teams?
Co-Chairs
Solomon Obiri-Yeboah
Surgeon, Ghana
Emily Gallagher
Pediatrician, USA
Roundtable Group B: SG 4
Supporting Parents in Shared Decision-Making
How do we support parents in making informed decisions about their child’s CCC treatment plan?
Co-Chairs
Sara Horne
SLP, USA
Nicola Stock
Psychologist, UK
Solutions Groups’ Members
The 11 International NGO sponsors of the Circle of Cleft Professionals (CoCP) are proud to support the S4CCC Conference.
