Enhancing Cleft Care Quality through the NABH–Smile Train India Partnership
Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organisation, empowering local medical professionals to provide free, high-quality cleft care in over 70 countries. In India, Smile Train supports numerous hospitals and healthcare centres delivering cleft surgeries to children. Through this partnership, NABH conducts structured quality audits of Smile Train-supported centres and provides improvement recommendations aimed at strengthening safety, infrastructure, and surgical outcomes.
India faces a significant burden of untreated cleft lip and palate conditions, particularly in underserved regions. This collaboration ensures that cleft surgeries conducted under Smile Train’s network adhere to rigorous quality and safety protocols—helping restore smiles and lives with dignity, care, and confidence.
To strengthen patient safety and quality benchmarks across Smile Train-supported cleft surgical facilities by conducting NABH-led audits and offering structured improvement recommendations.
- Enhances patient safety and hygiene during cleft surgical procedures.
- Encourages the adoption of standardised protocols across cleft care centres.
- Builds institutional capacity through training and structured feedback.
- Enables facilities to meet NABH quality benchmarks, driving continuous improvement.
- Strengthens caregiver and community trust in cleft services through consistent, quality-assured care.