Ponseti

With a bit better understanding of "foot" surgery, it's time for me to take you over to a post by Nick Veltjens.  He works in rehab on the ship and this is his report on the Ponseti Program - a method of treating club foot.

Since running our Ponseti conference last year we’ve been training seven local health workers in how to treat children with clubfoot...

These guys have really become our friends and I love working with them... The day normally starts with me trying to speak some French and them laughing... It’s a good start to the day...

We’ve also been teaching them how to make the clubfoot braces and they are really doing a great job...

The best thing about the Ponseti program is that so many little kids lives get transformed...