The third of June 2017, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania Today, on the occasion of world clubfoot day, Cure International and its partners in the Global Clubfoot Initiative unveiled a daring new approach with the ambition of a future in which every child born with clubfoot walks free from the impairment it causes. The goal of “ending clubfoot disability: a worldwide plan to 2030” is to guarantee that at least 70 percent of children born with clubfoot in poorer and middle-income nations would have access to treatment by the year 2030. At the moment, less than 15% of children in these nations have access to therapy that might protect them from having a handicap for the rest of their lives. The condition known as clubfoot, in which one or both feet are twisted inward and downward at birth, affects 174,000 newborn infants throughout the globe every single year. Clubfoot may be treated extremely efficiently and affordably utilizing the ponseti method[1]; world-class athletes such as mia hamm and kristi yamaguchi have gone on to have exceptional careers owing to having good therapy at a young age. Despite this, more than four out of five children in countries with lower or intermediate incomes risk a lifetime of being badly impacted by clubfoot. These children will endure chronic pain, have restricted mobility, and have less prospects in areas such as school, career, and relationships. There is no need for this to take place. This global clubfoot strategy lays forth a comprehensive plan to address the problem of clubfoot on a worldwide scale by fostering the development of national clubfoot programs and providing support for such programs. Over 1.2 million children will be able to be treated, an additional $154 billion in lifetime earnings will be generated, and the capacity for each nation to manage clubfoot on an ongoing basis will be created by the year 2030. All of this can be accomplished with an investment of a total of 160 million dollars. By focusing on the year 2030, the global clubfoot plan is in line with the call to action issued by the World Health Organization for rehabilitation in 2030, the lancet commission on global surgery in 2030, and the United Nations’ sustainable development objectives for 2030. Professor of orthopaedic and tropical surgery at Oxford University and senior adviser to cure and head of the global clubfoot effort chris lavy said that “we do not know how to avoid clubfoot but we do know how to treat it – and today it costs less than $400 a kid.” As a consequence of clubfoot, many thousands of children are left with a handicap that might have been avoided every year; at this time, there are over one million children living with untreated clubfoot and that number continues to climb. We are in possession of the answer, which is why we are embarking on this courageous plan with the objective of putting an end to the clubfoot handicap. On the basis of the evidence and the lessons learned over the course of a decade of experience, this blueprint calls for collaborating with local partners and ministries of health in 105 countries with lower and middle incomes over the course of the next 14 years in order to develop and support national clubfoot programs. We welcome the participation of people in the process of turning our vision into a reality. endnotes photos and film regarding clubfoot and its treatment across the globe are available at https://cure.org/press/ global clubfoot day, which is celebrated annually on june 3, honors the birthday of ignacio ponseti, the man who developed the ponseti procedure for treating clubfoot. • Clubfoot information may be found at: cure.org/clubfoot #runfree2030 may be found at cure.org/runfree2030 and www.globalclubfoot.com/runfree2030. regarding treatment treatment on a global scale patients have the opportunity to experience the life-changing message of god’s love for them while receiving treatment at any of international’s charitable hospitals and programs around the world. Patients are treated regardless of gender, religion, or ethnicity. international is a christian health care network. Please visit this website, https://cure.org/, for more details. about the worldwide clubfoot project The global clubfoot initiative (gci) is an umbrella organization that brings together groups that deal with children in low- and middle-income countries who have clubfoot. GCI works towards the objective it shares with its partners by advocating for policies, educating the public, and collaborating with other organizations. This aim is that every child born with clubfoot should get the treatment they need to live a life free from impairment. gci has partnered with all of the main organizations that provide services for children in lmic who have clubfoot. These organizations enroll a combined total of more than 23,000 children in the ponseti treatment program annually. Collectively, these organizations have a vast wealth of knowledge and experience in establishing and managing national clubfoot programs in some of the most challenging environments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This wealth of knowledge and experience has been accumulated over the course of several decades. cbm international, cure international, feetfirst global, international committee of the red cross, miraclefeet, mobility outreach international, steps uk, and walk for life are the organizations that serve as governance partners for the Global Compassion Initiative. ### _______________________________________ [1] The Ponseti technique of therapy is generally acknowledged as being the most effective treatment for clubfoot. The therapy consists of a series of casts that are administered over the course of 5-8 weeks, a tenotomy, which is a small outpatient surgical operation, and a foot abduction brace that is worn while sleeping for 4-5 years in order to preserve the correction and limit the chance of recurrence. When carried out appropriately, the Ponseti approach has been shown to be successful in as high as 98 percent of instances, despite its very low cost. due to the ease with which it may be performed, the therapy is an excellent choice for environments with limited resources.
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