By Patrick Obia Four non-profit making organizations of Policy Alert, Gender Perspective and Social Development Center (GPSDC); Center for Healthworks, Development and Research Initiative (CHEDRES), Concern for Women and Youth Empowerment (COWOYEM), and Initiative for the Prevention and Control of Diseases (IPCD), have commenced sustainable service delivery on tuberculosis in five states in the wake
By Patrick Obia A locally made BMV-6 medical ventilator has been recognized as the third-best innovation in Nigeria at the prestigious Annual Technology Dinner, Innovations Exhibition, and Award Night hosted by the Academy. The ventilator, invented by Prof. Babson Ajibade, a Professor of African Visual Art at the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), is
By Sylvia Akpan CrossRiverWatch visited Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in Abi, Akamkpa, Akpabuyo, and Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State and found the conditions of the facilities generally disheartening. The sun was still bright when this reporter arrived at Itigidi after a 55-minute ride on a motorcycle in search of Agba Health
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency in collaboration with the Ministry of Health will commence the first round of Optimize Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week (OMNCHW 1) across the 18 Local Government Areas. In a letter of notification signed by the Director-General of CRSPHCDA, Dr.
By Sylvia Akpan The conversation around making Cross River a period friendly State took center stage recently in Calabar with stakeholders counting gains from consistent sensitization. Since 2014, following its initiation by German-based non governmental organization, WASH United, May 28 has been set aside as Menstrual Health Day. The date, May 28th, symbolizes the average
By Godwin Otang The chances of a cervical cancer free adulthood for teenage girls in Cross River State may have just improved following the conclusion of a vaccination round against the Human Papilloma Virus, HPV, which is a leading cause of the terminal illness. HPV infection is a viral infection that commonly causes skin or mucous
By Patrick Obia Following the announcement made by Arthur Jarvis University, a first private university in Cross River State, disclosing traditional medicine capable of curing complicated illnesses like cancer and asthma, the State Government has kicked against it. The Institution last week said its research Institute has gotten a breakthrough in trado-medicine that targets to
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