By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Dr. Inyang Asibong says malaria is no longer the leading cause of death in the state due to efforts by the government to ensure it achieves this year’s World Malaria Day goal which seeks to end the menace of malaria for good. Asibong, who
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By Kanjal Godshield There are growing concerns by residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, over the upsurge of ‘miracle’ herbal medicine dealers, who have taken over major streets of the metropolis. The traditional drugs dealers might have fled neighbouring Akwa Ibom State into Cross River following that state’s ban on the sale of
By Ogar Monday The First lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari will on Monday, 18th April, 2016 be at Ikom Local Government to flag-off the Maternal New Born and Child Health Week and commission two comprehensive health centers in Ikom. The Wife of the President who will be joined by the First Lady of Cross
By Our Correspondent Cross Riverians, Thursday, in Calabar joined millions of people around the globe to celebrate the 2016 World Health Day with a focus to stop the rise in diabetes globally. The State Health Ministry in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations field offices in the state organized a rally
By Jonathan Ugbal Investigations by CrossRiverWatch have revealed that there are about 4000 ghost workers in the Primary Health Care (PHC) Departments across the 18 local government areas of Cross River State on payroll. This is even as the 18 PHCs across the state are suffering from acute staff shortage with official records showing that
By Archibong Jeremiah The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has just concluded a one day training for journalists in Cross River as part of a study they embarked on in Nigeria, using 3 States as the variables (Cross River, Anambra and Plateau). The study
By Ogar Monday The Obong of Calabar and Grand Patriarch of the Efik Kingdom, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V) has thrown his weight behind the ongoing immunization exercise against vaccine preventable diseases as well as supporting the campaign on the reduction of maternal mortality in Cross River State. The Obong made this