The forum was between health authority secretaries of the 17 local governments of Abia State and the Straight Foot Foundation in Umuahia, the state capital.
Mr Bright Amadi and Dr Uche Oluwatosin said out of the estimated 10,000 cases of people with clubfoot in the country, 80 percent of them don’t have access to proper treatment.
They blamed the development on the lack of awareness, poverty and negative stereotype, calling for referral to the 16 centres or hospitals where there is ongoing treatment for clubfoot.
