By Akinola Ajibola, Channels TV Listen To The Report The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday issued a public health advisory amid the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the country and globally. “This is based on the prevailing risk from the virus and the need for religious organizations, community leaders, and Nigerians,
By Tina Agosi, Guardian, Newspaper Listen To The Report AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a non-governmental organization, yesterday, engaged over 40 women in Cross River as champions to curb COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The engagement, which took place in Calabar, had women groups from 18 council areas of the state. They included Ekori Women’s League, and Ambitious
By The Whistler Listen To Rhe Report The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has announced that a total of 74 persons have been killed by cholera in 30 states this year. The latest cholera situation report by the NCDC also showed that there are a total of 2,339 suspected cases of the infection as of
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River State Government has concluded plans to distribute 2 million insecticide-treated nets to reduce the effects of malaria on residents. The disclosure was made after the State and the United States Aids for International Development, USAID, representatives met to bridge communication gaps, commodity distribution, and accurate
By News Agency of Nigeria Listen To The Report Dr. Janet Ekpenyong, Director General of Cross River Primary Healthcare Agency, has confirmed the death of seven children from cholera in the State. Ekpenyong, who confirmed the deaths in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday in Calabar, said the Agency recorded
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River State Government has begun the Second Outbreak Response, OBR2, vaccination exercise aimed at keeping the State polio count at zero. The Government said it has also set up a Rapid Response Team across major borders in the State to optimize poliomyelitis vaccination and other childhood
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC says Cross River State has recorded two confirmed cases of Monkeypox in 2022. This was contained in the periodic epidemiology report of the NCDC released earlier this month. Other States that have recorded confirmed cases in 2022 include Adamawa (three), Lagos
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report The Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, CRSPHCDA, has commenced a training-the-trainer program for focal persons in the Community Health Influencers and Promoters Services , CHIPS program in five pilot Local Government Areas, LGAs. CHIPS is an initiative of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA aimed