Co-FounderWorld Spine Care
Joan Haldeman is a graduate in physical therapy from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She has practiced in South Africa, Canada and USA. She has specialized in neurologically impaired children and people with spinal disorders. She is co-founder of World Spine Care (WSC), a non-profit organization endorsed by the Decade of the Bone and Joint, an initiative of the WHO. This Foundation has the goal of helping people in underserved regions of the world who suffer from spinal disorders. WSC has established clinics in Botswana, India, Dominican Republic, and Ghana. The WHO featured the WSC Botswana program in the Integrated People-Centre Health Services (IPCHS) Framework.