By Ushang Ewa No fewer than 23 cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis have been confirmed by the Cross River State government with one confirmed dead on Wednesday. The Cross River State Government says the recorded cases are mainly from Ogoja and Yala local government areas of northern Cross River State; both more than 250 kilometers north
By CrossRiverWatch Admin With the recent outbreak of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) which has affected 2,524 people with 348 deaths across the country, the Cross River State Government through its Ministry of Health has called on citizens and residents to take precautionary measures to curb the spread as the state government is doing its best
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has unveiled a child eye health project tagged “Seeing is Believing”. The program is facilitated by Brien Holding vision institute with funding from Standard Chartered Bank with Health Commissioner, Dr. Inyang Asibong noting that eye care is a fundamental program of the ministry of health which has
By Ogar Monday Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) will be totally eliminated by the year 2020 says the Cross River State Government. The state also says it is the first to have included NTDs in its Federal Government funded ‘Save One Million Lives’ Program. The Health Commissioner, Dr. Inyang Asibong stated this during a two day
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River Health Insurance Scheme has received drugs worth NGN10Million from partners as the state looks towards kick-starting scheme tagged ‘Ayadecare’. The Health Commissioner, Dr. Inyang Asibong who received the drugs said they are the first set of items received for the scheme which will start soon. Dr Inyang Asibong, added
By Jonathan Ugbal No fewer than 44 people are currently hospitalized following a case of food poisoning in Oboso community of Mbube in Ogoja local government area of Cross River State CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. This is even as two people died Friday morning with the State Government issuing a statement that a strange illness was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has described reports that it distributed expired drugs to quarantined contacts of the reported Lassa fever victim as false. The state has also promised that drugs will be available in Primary Health Facilities within two months to enable the quick kick off of the state’s social health
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has confirmed the death of an unnamed pregnant woman due to Lassa Fever at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH in the states capital city of Calabar. The health commissioner, Dr. inyang Asibong, disclosed this in a statement signed by the permanent secretary in the ministry,