By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State government and health sector stakeholders say there is need for its indigenes and residents to adjust lifestyle choices in a bid to fight diseases attributed to lifestyle choices with the most prevalent being hypertension. The Commissioner for Health, Inyang Asibong led the call Friday, in Calabar when she,
By Ogar Monday The Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), Dr. Betta Edu has promised the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp 2, Bakassi that her Agency with support from the State Government will establish a health post in the camp so as to bring basic medical care closer to them.
By Ogar Monday Member representing Ikom/Boki at the House of Representative, Hon. Christopher Agibe has urged the Federal Government to rethink its’ malaria eradication program, by shunning the propaganda of the USA on the use of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to stop malaria. Hon. Agibe who spoke to journalists in an event organized to commiserate the World
By Ogar Monday A walk to commiserate the World Malaria Day has held today April 25th, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The walk which started from the Millennium Park, through Calabar road into Mary Slessor to Zoo Garden, had in participation the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ivara Esu, representative of
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), has launched her first ever website www.crsphcda.org as well as an interactive facebook page www.facebook.com/crsphcda The Director General of the Agency, Dr. Betta Edu told CrossRiverWatch that the website will provide a window of communication between the CRSPHCDA, the other MDAs, those the agency
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Dr. Inyang Asibong says malaria is no longer the leading cause of death in the state due to efforts by the government to ensure it achieves this year’s World Malaria Day goal which seeks to end the menace of malaria for good. Asibong, who
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By Kanjal Godshield There are growing concerns by residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, over the upsurge of ‘miracle’ herbal medicine dealers, who have taken over major streets of the metropolis. The traditional drugs dealers might have fled neighbouring Akwa Ibom State into Cross River following that state’s ban on the sale of