By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State Government has commenced the Phase 2b implementation of the newly introduced Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine in Nigeria, targeting children aged nine months to 14 years in a renewed push to strengthen child health protection and expand immunization coverage across the state. The campaign was officially flagged-off on Tuesday, February
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and its partners has announced the commencement of the second round of Optimize Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week (OMNCHW 2) across the 18 Local Government Areas of the State. This was
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River State Government has said it is targeting to vaccinate 900,000 children against wild poliomyelitis across the 18 LGAs in the State. Dr. Janet Ekpenyong, Director General of the Cross River Primary Health Care Development Agency, CRSPHCDA, made this known in Ugep where the Obol Lopon
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it hopes to immunize 800,000 children in five (5) days. NGN150million has also been spent on 2.6 million polio vaccines in the past one year with the immunization team increased from 1,600 to 4,000 persons in a bid to achieve 100 percent coverage in target populations
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it achieved 92 percent immunization coverage in 2016. This was disclosed last week in Calabar during the flagging off, of the first round of the 2017 National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDS) by the wife of the Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade who said the state is doing
By CrossRiverWatch admin Officials from the Clinton Health Access initiative have conducted a mid-year evaluation on the uptake of newly introduced pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the state. The one month exercise is an independent state wide evaluation carried out by partners. While briefing the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has urged health workers not to relent in their efforts to ensure the State achieves the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4, 5, and 6 targets. Imoke stated this while launching the Pentavalent Vaccine during the ongoing immunization exercise at Primary Health Centre, Ikot Ansa, Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin Over eight hundred thousand children were administered immunization, folic acid along with worm medicines while one hundred and seventy seven women were administered the anti tetanus vaccines during the one week Maternal Newborn and Child Week in Cross River State. Mrs. Patricia Ebam, the State Immunization Officer who gave the figures to