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
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the bill for an act to establish the Federal Medical Center, Ogoja, Cross River State, sponsored by the Senator representing Cross River North District in the ninth National Assembly, Jarigbe Agom. The bill, was read for a second time during plenary after
By Abdulrahman Adebayo Listen To The Report Sherifat Azeez untied her headgear as she walked this reporter into her living room. Its roughly patched walls and largely broken ceiling were the most striking features in the room. The kitchen where she earlier showed this reporter was a dimly lit space with unpainted walls darkened by
By Mary Bassey Listen To The Report The wife of the Governor of Cross River State Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade has joined the rest of the world to mark the 2022 World Malaria Day, saying there is a need to test and prevent it. Mrs. Ayade was represented by the Director-General of the State Primary