By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Government has announced that it will commence investigation into the alleged ordering of a student of Edgerley memorial girls secondary school in Calabar, the state capital by a Green Sheriff personnel to pack refuse after littering the street. This was contained in statement signed by the spokesperson to Governor
By Our Reporter The wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade is set to lead the fight for pregnant women to deliver in health facilities where there are skilled birth attendants in a bid to reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates in the state. This followed her appointment as the lead
By Our Reporter The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong has revealed that the Sayana Press Contraceptive project will reduce unsafe abortions and child mortality rate in the State. Asibong stated this in Calabar at a stakeholders’ Consultative Meeting on the sustainability of DMPA-SC (Sayana Press) Provision in Cross River. The Commissioner
By Prince Charles Ekanem The Wife of the Governor of Cross River State and Founder, Mediatrix Development Foundation MDF, Dr. Linda Ayade, joined the rest of the world on the 7th October, 2017 to mark the Global Hand Washing Day. Mrs. Ayade hosted relevant stakeholders in the health sector working in the state to a
By Jonathan Ugbal Following the outbreak of the Monkey pox virus in states bordering Cross River, the government says it has put in place measures to ensure any eventuality is handled promptly. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong and the Director General of the state’s Primary Health Care Development Agency disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Being a sponsored statement from the Cross River State Ministry of Health. Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms in humans similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although less severe. Smallpox was eradicated in 1980. However, monkeypox still occurs sporadically
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The wife of the Commissioner for Rural Transformation, Establishment and Training, Honorable Sunday Achunekang has died. Mrs. Achunekang is said to have died on Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Friends say she had complained of ill health on Tuesday night and on Wednesday morning, was taken by her husband to an
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State government is on the verge of losing a USD5 million grant from the United Nations Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council due to it’s failure to provide the counterpart funding of NGN104 million to expand the sanitation and hygiene program. This equals NGN1,802,500,000.00 (one point eight billion Naira)