1. Tanzania Clubfoot Care Organization (TCCO)By
Dr. Rachel Nungu.
TCCO coordinator

2. TCCO HISTORY
-Collaboration from BCCP,URRC,CCBRT,Mnazi Mmoja Hospital(Zanzibar)
First Meeting February Dar es salaam
2nd meeting -February 2015
Support fom Miraclefeet

3. VISION
To ensure every child with clubfoot in Tanzania receive timely and quality treatment using PM as a gold standard treatment hence providing them with equal opportunities to lead active and productive lives.
MISSION; To ensure all Clubfoot Children in Tanzania have access to quality treatment they deserve within recommended time

4. OBJECTIVES
Advancement of clubfoot treatment across Tanzania -promotion -media,quality training sites
Development of Best practices for parent education and Community outreach
To develop guidelines for best practices for treatment of all clufoot children
To develop advocacy strategies to lobby for policy in support of clubfoot treatment at all administrtive levels
Initiation of a study to determine Clubfoot incidence rate in the country

5. ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Chairperson- Dr Robert Mhina
Vice chairperson- Dr Isidor Ngayomela
Secretary- PT.Emmanuel Kowero
Treasurer/Coordinator- Dr Rachel Nungu
Executive committee-Salim Ali
Dr Prospe Alute
Board Member- Mathew Shayo

6. STRENGH Increased number of clubfoot patients at existing clinics
Expanding /Establishing more clinics
Standardized patient records
Over 70 providers trained in the PM across the country
Local production of braces
Mandated free care for children under age five at public/government-supported hospitals
Good national dialogue and improving collaboration between Ponseti providers nationally, facilitated by TCCO

8. CHALLENGES
Inadequate number of providers, regionally and nationally, trained in PM
Insufficient government funding for treatment supplies
Lack of governmental policy concerning the treatment of clubfoot
Wide-spread poverty, making it difficult for patients to access treatment
Stigma associated with clubfoot and lack of general public awareness
Insufficient data on clubfoot in certain regions and zones
Difficulties with data collection and communication from remote clinics
Administrative support exceeds current need
Providers working in isolation without opportunities to learn, share, and collaborate

9. FUTURE PLANS FOR TCCO
To be SUSTAINABLE
Link with MOH and the Gorvenment in General
Ensure PM is gold standard for treatment- curiculums,trainings,
Increase community awareness of clubfoot and its treatment

10. THANK YOU