South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin…
By Kelvin Obambon A five-day free medical outreach spearheaded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in collaboration with the Renewed Hope Initiative, ECEWS, CSDON, and the Cross River health sector, is currently providing essential specialist healthcare services to residents of Calabar at no cost. The crucial intervention, which began on Monday, November 24 at…
By Our Reporter The Special Adviser to Governor Bassey Otu on health, Dr Ekpo Ekpo Bassey, has explained how the Governor’s pragmatic approach to the challenge of brain drain in the health sector was helping to reduce it to the barest minimum Dr Bassey said this shortly after the just concluded 66th Regular Session of…
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…
