From TCNEWS
Seventy-three (73) new Clubfoot patients have been enrolled and commenced treatment in the month of April 2024 across the 16-supported Clubfoot clinics in the 5 states of the South-East; Kogi State in the North-Central, and Delta, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Edo States, in the South-South region of Nigeria participating in the MiracleFeet/The Straight Child Foundation (TSCF) collaboration that seeks to promote access to Ponseti care of clubfoot in Nigeria.
The Project Supervisor of The Straight Child Foundation, Mr Bright Amadi, who announced this to newsmen, also disclosed that about 75 percent of the children enrolled were below the age of 12 months.
Mr. Amadi further disclosed efforts of the Foundation as it affects the quality treatment of Clubfoot, and said that the organisation had maintained an average casting visits of 4.9 percent before tenotomy per child.
His words, ” To ensure that quality treatment was maintained within the month of April, 5 of the clinics participating in this collaboration between TSCF and MiracleFeet were visited by a multi-disciplinary team of experts for onsite treatment quality reviews and recommendations, and hands-on capacity building on clubfoot manipulation, casting and bracing.
“The centers included University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Prince Abubakar Audu University Teaching Hospital, Ayingba, Zonal Hospitals Okene and Kabba, in Kogi State, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital”.
According to him, about 82 percent of children enrolled so far have received tenotomy as at the end of the month of April and less that 5 percent and 10 percent of children on treatment are dropping out of treatment at the casting and bracing level, respectively.