Thousands of Bangladeshi infants born with clubfoot – in which the feet are turned inward and downward – will be cured of the debilitating condition, thanks to a project led by two University of British Columbia professors, and supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The Hon. Alice Wong, the federal Minister of State for Seniors, announced today that CIDA will provide $4.3 million to Sustainable Clubfoot Care in Bangladesh, an effort to train health workers to perform a low-cost, non-surgical treatment that involves placing a series of casts on the ankles of babies, and to create a permanent mechanism for providing this treatment for future generations.
Project leaders Shafique Pirani, clinical professor of orthopaedics, and Richard Mathias, professor in the School of Population and Public Health, will seek to replicate their success in creating a network of 40 clubfoot clinics in Dr. Pirani’s native country of Uganda.
via UBC clubfoot treatment in Bangladesh gains $4.3M federal boost « UBC Public Affairs.
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