By Kelvin Ololo A suspected case of COVID-19 in Cross River State has shifted attention from reassurance to risk, highlighting how quickly a single imported infection could test the state’s ability to prevent another outbreak. The state government confirmed that a Chinese national has been isolated at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) after
By Sylvia Akpan As part of ways to strengthen sanitation standards and safeguarding public health, the Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the Open Defecation Prohibition Bill. The bill is a legislative measure aimed at improving sanitation and public health. It seeks to outlaw open defecation in public places and promote the use
By TheInvestigator Ekondo Microfinance Bank (Ekondo MFB), a leading microfinance institution headquartered in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital has expressed strong enthusiasm for a groundbreaking partnership with Toiletpride Initiative aimed at tackling the sanitation crisis in Cross River State. The partnership, “Sanitation Financing for Low-Income Families in Cross River State,” outlines a strategic collaboration
By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Government has commenced the Phase 2b implementation of the newly introduced Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine in Nigeria, targeting children aged nine months to 14 years in a renewed push to strengthen child health protection and expand immunization coverage across the state. The campaign was officially flagged-off on Tuesday, February
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State House of Assembly has scheduled a public hearing on the Open Defecation (Prohibition) Bill, 2025, signaling renewed legislative action to tackle one of the state’s most persistent public health and environmental challenges. The hearing, organized by the House Committee on Water Resources and Sanitation, will be held on
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening primary healthcare delivery as stakeholders reviewed notable progress recorded across the state at the First Quarter Meeting of the Cross River State Task Force on Primary Health Care Services. The meeting was conducted on Tuesday at the State
By Solomon Odeniyi, Punch Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested two suspected kidnappers linked to the 2023 abduction and killing of a neurology professor, Ekanem Philip-Ephraim, in Cross River State. Philip-Ephraim was abducted on July 13, 2023, at her office in Calabar, Cross River State, and was later confirmed killed by her
By Sylvia Akpan Healthcare delivery at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH), Calabar, has been brought to a halt as the institution joins the indefinite nationwide strike declared by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and its affiliate bodies. The shutdown, which took effect from midnight on November 14, has suspended all routine clinical activities, leaving