The Kwara Government on Tuesday partnered PLAN Health Advocacy Development Foundation on a special intervention programme on clubfoot deformity treatment and management.
The Kwara Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina El-lmam, who spoke in Ilorin at a meeting with the health development partners, said the state government is committed to strengthening healthcare service delivery across board.
She reiterated the resolve of the government to continuously partner health development organisations
to restructure the state’s health system.
The commissioner, who commended PLAN Foundation for choosing Kwara for the project, described the gesture as a welcome development and assured an enabling environment for quality performance.
In her address, the Executive Director, PLAN Health Advocacy and Foundation, Dr Esse Nwakanma, stressed the need for clubfoot clinical management in Kwara.
Nwakanma said the organisation is ready to partner the state government to treat and manage clubfoot patients for five years.
She commended the government for the warm reception and assurance of conducive environment for the partnership.
Newsmen reports that clubfoot is a congenital condition in which a baby’s foot or feet turn inward or downward.
The affected foot and leg may be smaller than the other, while in about half of cases, clubfoot affects both feet, and most of the time, not associated with other problems.