Miraclefeet

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

TREATMENT AND TRAINING: THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, MIRACLEFEET AND OUR PARTNERS ENROLLED 11,881 NEW CHILDREN IN CLUBFOOT TREATMENT, AND OUR REACH GREW TO 31 TOTAL COUNTRIES AND 363 CLINICS. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN TREATMENT TO OVER 69,500 SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING IN 2010.MIRACLEFEET CONTINUED TO WORK IN LIBERIA, GUATEMALA, THE PHILIPPINES, NICARAGUA, ECUADOR, PARAGUAY, BOLIVIA, SRI LANKA, BRAZIL, TANZANIA, ZIMBABWE, MYANMAR, NEPAL, THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UGANDA, SENEGAL, CAMBODIA, INDIA, MADAGASCAR, INDONESIA, GUINEA, BANGLADESH, NIGERIA, MALI, THE GAMBIA, SOMALIA, MOROCCO, SIERRA LEONE AND SOUTH SUDAN WHILE ADDING NEW PROGRAMS IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND PERU.100% OF THE TREATMENT IS PROVIDED BY MIRACLEFEET'S LOCAL PARTNERS, PRIMARILY IN PUBLIC OR CHARITABLE HOSPITALS THAT PROVIDE CARE TO LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. ALL MIRACLEFEET PARTNERS USE THE GOLD-STANDARD, NON-SURGICAL PONSETI METHOD OF TREATMENT. MIRACLEFEET FUNDS ARE USED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SUPPLIES, ESPECIALLY FOOT ABDUCTION BRACES; CLINIC ASSISTANTS TO PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP AND PARENT EDUCATION; CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY ABOUT CLUBFOOT AND THE AVAILABILITY OF TREATMENT; AND ADVOCACY TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS TO INTEGRATE CLUBFOOT MANAGEMENT INTO THEIR SERVICE OFFERINGS. ALL MIRACLEFEET PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH LOCAL MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF DISABILITY.SINCE BRACING IS SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE COST STRUCTURE AND SUCCESS OF TREATMENT, MIRACLEFEET PARTNERED WITH THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY DESIGN SCHOOL, SUNCAST, AND CLARKS SHOES TO DEVELOP A LOW-COST, EASY-TO-USE BRACE THAT CAN BE PRODUCED EASILY AT SCALE AS THE NEED FOR BRACES GROWS IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES. IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, MIRACLEFEET DISTRIBUTED OVER 18,000 PAIRS OF SHOES AND OVER 7,500 BARS (BRACE COMPONENTS) TO 26 COUNTRIES.TRAINING IS CRITICAL FOR ATTAINING CONSISTENT QUALITY AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY. MIRACLEFEET HAS ADOPTED THE GLOBAL CLUBFOOT INITIATIVE'S AFRICA CLUBFOOT TRAINING PROGRAM (ACT), DEVELOPED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND ENDORSED BY THE UK'S ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, AS OUR STANDARD TRAINING CURRICULUM. IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, MIRACLEFEET RAN THREE TRAIN THE TRAINER (TTT) COURSES, THROUGH WHICH 27 NEW TRAINERS IN 13 COUNTRIES WERE EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY, HANDS-ON PONSETI TRAINING TO THEIR PEERS. IN ADDITION TO TTTS, MIRACLEFEET PARTNERS DELIVERED 39 BASIC TRAININGS, 18 REFRESHER TRAININGS, AND 16 ADVANCED TRAININGS TO 566 CLINICIANS IN 28 COUNTRIES. A FURTHER 44 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED THE ACT ONLINE BASIC COURSE. CLINICAL TRAINING IS SUPPLEMENTED BY TRAINING AND COACHING IN OTHER PROGRAMMATIC SKILLS SUCH AS COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA, MAPPING, STRATEGIC PLANNING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HR, PARENT EDUCATION AND EARLY IDENTIFICATION, OUTREACH, AND GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY.

INNOVATION: MIRACLEFEET PROVIDES LOW-COST TOOLS FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND HOSPITALS SEEKING TO ADDRESS UNTREATED CLUBFOOT.MIRACLEFEET DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED CAST, A MOBILE APPLICATION TO COLLECT PATIENT DATA, USING DIMAGI'S COMMCARE PLATFORM. CAST PROVIDES ACCESS TO REAL-TIME DATA WORLDWIDE, AMPLIFYING OUR FOCUS ON TREATMENT PRECISION AND QUALITY.WE CREATED ACT ONLINE BASIC, AN EIGHT-MODULE ONLINE VERSION OF THE GLOBAL CLUBFOOT INITIATIVE'S AFRICA CLUBFOOT TRAINING (ACT). ENHANCED BY ANIMATIONS FROM MIRACLEFEET'S 3D FOOT MODEL, THE TRAINING COURSE SUPPLEMENTS AND ENHANCES HANDS-ON LEARNING AND SERVES AS CRITICAL REFERENCES FOR NEW AND EXPERIENCED PROVIDERS ALIKE.IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, A NEW SMS SYSTEM WAS LAUNCHED IN NIGERIA AND UGANDA, ALLOWING PATIENTS TO OPT IN FOR EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES AND APPOINTMENT REMINDERS, WITH A GOAL OF IMPROVING PARENTAL COMPLIANCE WITH TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE BRACING PHASE OF TREATMENT.