CSI Interview: STEPS Clubfoot Care
Afternoon Drive with John Maytham · 3 June 2026 · 7m
Speaker 1: Today is World Clubfoot Day, so I'm glad we have a chance to catch up Speaker 1: with a local organization that has been working tirelessly for many years now to ensure Speaker 1: that South African clubfoot patients have access to the best possible treatment. Clubfoot is actually Speaker 1: one of the more common musculo scaletal birth defects affecting newborns, and at least two Speaker 1: thousand babies are born with this condition in South Africa every year. Now, it is Speaker 1: extremely treatable and that treatment doesn't even have to be particularly expensive, but it does Speaker 1: work best with early intervention. That is what makes all the difference. Given all of Speaker 1: that, the fact remains that access to treatment is still limited, particularly for families in Speaker 1: rural and underserved areas. With me on the line is Karen Maramoss, who is the Speaker 1: CEO of Steps Clubfoot Care. She has been working in this arena for over a Speaker 1: decade now, working tirelessly to make parents aware of the fact that treatment exists and Speaker 1: how to access it. And she's joining us today not from South Africa but via Speaker 1: zoom from the USA because she's actually over there attending an international club foot some Speaker 1: posy and where she's going to be talking about the work that is happening here Speaker 1: in South Africa. Karen, it's wonderful to catch up with you again this afternoon. Welcome Speaker 1: to the show. Speaker 2: Hi Paper, Thanks, it's really nice to be talking to you again. Speaker 1: You too, hope you will Yeah, you too, Karen. Look, I think most listeners probably Speaker 1: familiar with club foot, but just very…
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