By Our Correspondent “The last case of wild polio virus was detected in July 2014 and by 25th of September 2015 Nigeria was delisted from the List of polio endemic countries…Nigeria as a nation is on its way to been certified polio free in a few months and you know what the last minute in
By Jonathan Ugbal The General Hospital Obudu will be commissioned Saturday, May 14, 2016 CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. The hospital, one of the 2 privatized by the administration of Senator Liyel Imoke as reported by CrossRiverWatch was set for commissioning following an overhaul of the structure by the private investors almost a decade after it
By Utang Bassey and Itiunbe Atunka A woman, Stella Akagbusim is currently under the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Obudu for allegedly parading herself as a medical doctor. Stella, CrossRiverWatch gathered has been with the NSCDC for days now since May 4, 2016 when she was re-arrested Thursday last
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Director General of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Betta Edu on behalf of the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, received 10 direct solar drive refrigerators and 10 solar power sets from European Union Support Immunization Governance in Nigeria (E.U SIGN) for the State. Handing over the items, E.U
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State government and health sector stakeholders say there is need for its indigenes and residents to adjust lifestyle choices in a bid to fight diseases attributed to lifestyle choices with the most prevalent being hypertension. The Commissioner for Health, Inyang Asibong led the call Friday, in Calabar when she,
By Ogar Monday The Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), Dr. Betta Edu has promised the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp 2, Bakassi that her Agency with support from the State Government will establish a health post in the camp so as to bring basic medical care closer to them.
By Ogar Monday Member representing Ikom/Boki at the House of Representative, Hon. Christopher Agibe has urged the Federal Government to rethink its’ malaria eradication program, by shunning the propaganda of the USA on the use of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to stop malaria. Hon. Agibe who spoke to journalists in an event organized to commiserate the World
By Ogar Monday A walk to commiserate the World Malaria Day has held today April 25th, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The walk which started from the Millennium Park, through Calabar road into Mary Slessor to Zoo Garden, had in participation the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ivara Esu, representative of