By Kingsley Agim and Jessica Edet Nigeria’s top health policymakers, technical experts, and development partners have converged in Calabar as the 66th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Health (NCH) commenced at the Calabar International Convention Centre (CICC). The week-long gathering, widely regarded as the apex policy forum for the country’s health sector, opened…
By Kelvin Obambon Padbank Mobile Outreach, the Network of Persons Living with Diabetes in Nigeria (NPLDN), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, and other development partners on Friday, November 14, converged at the Millennium Park, Calabar to mark this year’s World Diabetes Day, with a call on government to increase funding,…
By Kingsley Agim and Jessica Ubi Preparations for the 66th National Council on Health (NCH) in Cross River State received a royal endorsement on Tuesday as the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk, led a high-powered delegation of health sector stakeholders to the palace of His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V,…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Ben Obidike, has said free ante-natal, free child deliveries and free surgeries initiated by the state governorr, Chukwuma Charles Soludo in general hospitals across the state, contributed overwhelmingly to his reelection in the just concluded Anambra 2025 gubernatorial election. Obidike, who addressed journalists, after…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has dutifully rehabilitated 130 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) across the state in less than four years in office. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Ben Obidike, disclosed this at the premises of the newly constricted Solution Trauma Center Awka, while briefing the press shortly after…
By Kingsley Agim The Cross River State Government has expressed its readiness to host the 66th National Council on Health (NCH) in Calabar, marking the first time the state will welcome Nigeria’s highest health policy-making body. The event is scheduled to hold from November 17 to 21, 2025, at the Calabar International Convention Centre (CICC),…
By Ovat Abeng Another health reprieve has come for the people of Nawfia community in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State, following the official commissioning of a brand new Primary Health Care Center philanthropically built by the State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mrs Chiamaka Nnake and her friends. The commissioning took place…
By TheInvestigator The Cross River State Government, through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSSA) and the Ministry of Water Resources, in collaboration with Self Help Africa (SHA), is set to convene a Stakeholders’ Meeting under the WASH System for Health (WS4H) Programme on Monday, October 27, 2025, at the Obubra Local Government Council…
By Kingsley Agim The House of Representatives Committee on Health Care Services has commended the Cross River State Government for its remarkable progress in revitalizing the state’s primary healthcare system through the Immunization Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project and the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), describing the…
By Ovat Abeng The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) says there is an urgent need to strengthen every link in the healthcare value chain with well crafted and evidence-based policies in order to link Primary Healthcare, secondary, and tertiary facilities for effective delivery. Prof. Bala Audu, President of NMA who made the call at the opening…