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Karen Moss develeoped the first clubfoot website in South Africa which was very well recieved. She was inspired to set up the first steps group outside the UK. The charity provides fundraising, information and support for babies and children with clubfoot and other lower limb disorders. 2006 has been a very busy and exciting year for Karen.
2007 PONSETI SEMINAR SOUTH AFRICA, 2&3 NOVEMBER - REPORT
The 2nd South African Ponseti Seminar for Clubfoot Care was hosted in Johannesburg by STEPS Charity, in conjunction with the Division of Orthopaedics at Wits Medical School.
STEPS Charity provides support for South African babies and children with lower limb disorders. A primary goal is to make available sustainable, universal, effective, efficient, and safe treatment of the congenital clubfoot deformity in South Africa by promoting use of the Ponseti technique. The 1st Ponseti seminar in South Africa was on 27&28 July 2006.
Endorsed by Dr Ignacio Ponseti (Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa Hospital) and Dr Jose Morcuende, President of the Ponseti International Association.
“Congratulations on your work in organizing the second South African seminar on clubfoot treatment. I am sure it will be a great success especially if the Steenbeek brace will be available. I have tested this brace here on several patients and they work very well.” - I.V. Ponseti, Iowa
You can download a report as a PDF file by clicking on the link on the right.
OTHER NEWS
SAVRALA held the first golf day in February, 2006, that raised funds specifically for STEPS South Africa, and STEPS acquired a fantastic new patron.
For more information on the Golf Day and SAVRALA go to the link on the right
The groups new patron is a former Miss South Africa, a beauty queen and well known personality in South Africa, her name is Bernelee Daniell, and she was born with a clubfoot that was operated on when she was 1 year old! She will help to raise the groups profile and get a lot more publicity, she's also well connected with other local celebrities, magazines and potential corporate sponsors.
The group held their first Ponseti Symposium in Johannesburg in July 2007. You can download a report in Word by clicking on the link on the right.
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