Operation Sunrise is committed to developing programs to treat concomitant health problems and provide additional needed services to its patients and their family members. These programs, and programs in development, include:

Outreach Program
Ongoing effort to identify medically under-served areas around the world and to develop programs to provide needed reconstructive surgery for children and young adults.

Children's Nutrition Program
A program in development to improve before and after surgery nutrition of patients with the goal of reducing complications, speeding healing and improving overall surgical outcomes. Extended nutrition programs are also under development to optimize the growth and development of undernourished children after surgery and during their formative years.

Child Sponsor Program

A program in development to provide housing, nutrition and health services to orphans and homeless children with cleft lip and palate and related illnesses with the ultimate goal of establishing a safe and caring environment in which needy children with cleft lip and palate learn, grow and recover from their surgery.

Maternal Health Program
A program in development to improve the health and nutrition of pregnant mothers and their unborn children with the goal of reducing birth defects and pregnancy complications related to vitamin deficiencies and poor diet.

Dental Health Program
Under development in conjunction with dental professionals in host countries the Dental Health Program is designed to treat dental problems that commonly accompanies cleft lip and palate conditions with the goal of improving the health and quality of life of our patients. This program is already an integral part of Operation Sunrise activities at several mission sites.

Hearing and Hearing Health Program
A program in development to diagnose, treat and prevent ear problems and hearing impairment that commonly accompanies cleft lip and palate conditions.

Vision and Eye Surgery Program
A program in development to restore sight in patients with visual impairment due to cataracts and related diseases. Technological advances in eye surgery instruments and improved portability of operating microscopes now allows Operation Sunrise team ophthalmologists to treat cataracts and similar illness under limited anesthesia in a same day, outpatient procedure.