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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report An unidentified lifeless body has been found in Ika Ika Oqua (Marian) market, Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River State. The corpse which looks like a middle-aged man, dark in complexion, traders say is a mentally deranged fellow. He passed out in front of someone’s shop
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper Listen To The Report Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State has inaugurated a health center in Ine Abasi community, 70 years after its establishment. Ine Abasi is one of the communities in Bakassi that have suffered neglect in terms of infrastructure. The hard-to-reach community is located 20
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River State Government has said it is targeting to vaccinate 900,000 children against wild poliomyelitis across the 18 LGAs in the State. Dr. Janet Ekpenyong, Director General of the Cross River Primary Health Care Development Agency, CRSPHCDA, made this known in Ugep where the Obol Lopon
Listen To The Article Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is a traditional harmful practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The clitoris is usually the victim in most cases of FGM. FGM is the
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Hon. Jude Ngaji, the member representing Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency in the Green Chambers have called for legislators and by extension the Government to ensure the need for medical practitioners to be held responsible for their negligence. Jude in a motion before the House yesterday, 5th April 2022, called
Listen To The Article It is common to find people drinking these days without minding the consequences. Alcohol addiction is on the rise within the population despite an increase in warnings by health authorities. There is not much this writer can say in this piece that those who enjoy indulging in excessive drinking of alcohol
By Monday Ogar Listen To The Report The family of Okuku Emeritus Professor Akpan Asuquo Otu have donated Nigeria’s first medical simulation lab to the University of Calabar in a ceremony that was held inside the school’s campus in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The family said the donation of the Okuku Emeritus Professor