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NACA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Begins PrEP Study, Train Journalists In Calabar

By Archibong Jeremiah The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has just concluded a one day training for journalists in Cross River as part of a study they embarked on in Nigeria, using 3 States as the variables (Cross River, Anambra and Plateau). The study

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Obong Of Calabar Lends Voice In Support Of Immunization And Fight Against Maternal Mortality In Cross River

By Ogar Monday The Obong of Calabar and Grand Patriarch of the Efik Kingdom, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V) has thrown his weight behind the ongoing immunization exercise against vaccine preventable diseases as well as supporting the campaign on the reduction of maternal mortality in Cross River State. The Obong made this

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We’ll Begin Operation Soon – Obudu General Hospital Operators

By Our Correspondent The operators of General Hospital Obudu, one of the privatized medical outfits in Cross River State say the facility which has been undergoing renovation will soon begin offering medical services to the public. The hospital whose operations will be undertaken by St. Luke’s General Hospital Consortium under a public private partnership arrangement

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We Want To Be Under Primary Health Care Agency – PHC Workers Tell Ayade

By Jonathan Ugbal Staff of the Primary HealthCare departments across the 18 local government areas of Cross River State have called on the governor, Senator Ben Ayade to immediately direct their transfer to the newly created Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA). This is even as only few PHC workers know such an agency exists at

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DG, Cross River Primary Health Care Agency Seeks Partnership With Immigration On Cross-Border Disease Control

By Ogar Monday Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Dr. Betta Edu has paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Immigration Service, Cross River Sector Command, to explore means of partnership between her agency and the immigration service. While speaking, Betta informed the Comptroller of Immigration, Cross River State Mrs.

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Bakassi Hosts First Town Hall Meeting/Needs Assessment Tour In Health Sector

By Edima Frank The Special Adviser to Governor Ayade on Community and Primary Health Care, Dr. Betta Edu has visited Bakassi local government area as part of the ongoing Needs Assessment tour of primary health facilities and town hall meetings with relevant stakeholders in the health sector. The interactive meeting which was chaired by the

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Special Adviser Lauds Yakurr Legislative Council For Bye-Laws

By Solomon Azu The special Adviser to the governor on Community and Primary Health Care in Cross River state, Dr. Betta Edu has commended the Yakurr Legislative Council for passing two bye-laws following the outbreak of diarrhoea in Ugep Urban which has affected more than 150 children. The two bye-laws are law against open defecation

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