This is possible with a simple nonsurgical treatment involving a series of plaster casts to guide the foot into the proper position. Now she’ll be able to walk and run, go to school and hold a job, support herself and her country. I wanted us to report on clubfoot because it’s an antidote to skepticism about humanitarian aid. When properly done, clubfoot treatment is straightforward, succeeds 95 percent of the time and inexpensively changes a life like that of this 11-month-old girl. Cooper told us that there was another child in the village with clubfoot, and soon he was brought to us.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 07:18 UTC