By Ogar Monday Stakeholders have identified increased funding for breast cancer detection as a means to reduce its devastating effect on society. The position was taken at a walk to commemorate the 2022 Breast Cancer Awareness Week in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking at the event, Dr. Linda Ayade, the wife to Senator
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), Dr. Janet Ekpenyong is seeking improved support for the enhancement of primary health care services across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state. Dr. Ekpenyong made the appeal during the September edition of the Joint Account Allocation
By Ogar Monday In Bogobiri the heart of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, three health workers sit around a table covered with Cross River State’s blue and white cotton material and a heap of books spread across the length of the table. This is supposed to be one of the primary health care facilities
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 Jonathan Ugbal and Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State council of the Trade Union Congress has called on the Cross River State government to pay the NGN250 million seed fund promised by the governor, Senator Ben Ayade during the launch of the state’s health insurance scheme. The chairman, Comrade Clarkson Otu made