By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State government has not recorded any new case of polio for 2 years and will roll out a comprehensive family obstetrics and gynaecology service by November in partnership with the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Nigeria (SOGON) says health commissioner, Inyang Asibong. Inyang who disclosed these in two separate
By Our Correspondent Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch suggest that over 3,000 people have been displaced in the most recent communal clash in Cross River State involving communities in Busi, Obanliku local government area of northern Cross River. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the internally displaced people (IDPs) are natives of Busi 4 and fled their community
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A United States based organization is set to partner the Cross River State government on the promotion of bio-fortified foods says its ambassador and Nollywood veteran actor, Segun Arinze. Harvest Plus international based in Washington D.C Arinze told health commissioner, Inyang Asibong Thursday, will partner the state’s health ministry to hold
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The appointment of a new Executive Director (ED) for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) by President Muhammadu Buhari is a step in the right direction as his administration health policy is centred on primary health care says Betta Edu, the director general of the Cross River State Primary Health
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent There is a smart plan being put in place to ensure zero rates are recorded in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS as well as those of hepatitis B says the Cross River State government in different fora over the week. The health commissioner, Inyang Asibong and the director general of
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The extensive disparity in the access to healthcare in Cross River State is due to the lopsided distribution of health personnel to the detriment of rural areas says the state council chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association Offiong Ikpeme during the council’s annual general meeting/scientific conference held Wednesday in Calabar.
By CrossRiverWatch admin Obudu: Following the birthing of quadruplets, a teenage mother says she will utilise one family planning method before leaving the hospital in what she says is a step in the right direction. Patience Abantelhe in her mid twenties put to birth 3 boys and 1 girl at about 9:30 AM Friday at
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The reintegration of Vesico Vagina Fistula patients with the society is vital to their physical and mental well-being says Cross River Health Commissioner, Inyang Asibong at the presentation of a treated patient to her family recently at Akpabuyo. Asibong while presenting the patient (names withheld) to her family said that,