The Ponseti International Association for the Advancement of Clubfoot Treatment was established to improve the treatment of children suffering from the crippling deformity of clubfoot in countries throughout the world.
Clubfoot affects approximately 150,000 infants each year. The disease is more prevalent in certain areas of the world: one in 500 African newborns will be impacted, and one in 150 newborns in the Pacific islands will be born with the deformity. In many countries these children are left untreated; their deformed foot disables them throughout their life and leaves them dependent on the charity of others for survival.
Thanks to the lifelong dedication of a remarkable UI physician, Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, there is an effective, inexpensive treatment that can restore these children to a normal life. Dr. Ponseti perfected a nonsurgical method of treating infants with clubfoot. The "Ponseti method" uses manipulations and casting rather than surgical correction.
This association is committed to advancing the treatment of children with clubfoot deformity through education, improved care, and research:
*support training and education about the Ponseti Method for physicians, other health care workers, policy makers, and parents;
*help bring the Ponseti Method to those who need it around the world;
*fund research into the causes of clubfoot disease.
For more information please visit www.ponseti.info
