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Breaking News | About 100,000 Nigerians Suffer Clubfoot Yearly ― NOA


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By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Nigerian Orthopaedic Association NOA , has disclosed that about 100,000 cases of clubfoot are recorded by the county every year .
In a statement signed on Thursday in Calabar by the President of NOA, Prof. Kunle Olawepo, and made available to Vanguard to commemorate the 2021 World Clubfoot Day, the Association said that thousands of children were living with the debilitating condition worldwide.
According to Olawepo, Clubfoot is the most common musculoskeletal birth deformity, affecting 200,000 newborn babies globally each year.
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The President said that although the cause of clubfoot is unknown, but it may be a combination of genetics and environment. ....

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