<p>Comprehensive Cleft Care professionals in Africa are innovators. Traditional volunteer outreach/mission models are being replaced – new systems are required.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p> With skilled local surgeons in place, addressing the need for speech therapy in their cleft patients is an important challenge. A new generation of cleft teams embrace it!&nbsp;</p> <p> In part one of this two-part series, host Hugh Brewster sits down with four inspiring young professionals from Ethiopia and Tanzania—two surgeons: Dr. Getaw Alamne &amp; Dr. Francis Tegete and two speech therapists: Wedise Mekonnen &amp; Adam Mang’ombe—who are transforming the landscape of cleft care in East Africa.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <em>What led them to specialize in cleft? What motivates their commitment to pursue team-based care?&nbsp;&nbsp;</em> &nbsp; In part two, dive into the key challenges that CCC teams face in building new models of care and the role that collaboration plays in overcoming obstacles.</p> <p><br></p>