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…
By Ovat Abeng No few than 600 women in Anambra State have benefitted from a three-day free medical services offered by a humanitarian group, Anambra Women Union Incorporated, Chicago, United State of America (USA). The free medical programme, held respectively, on Monday across the three Senatorial District of the State that featured; Breast Cancer awareness…
A 35-year-old woman, Mrs. Helen Edet Ikoi, from Ijiman community, Cross River State has received a life-saving medical intervention from the Oden Ewa Foundation after a viral video showing her distressing health condition drew public attention. Mrs. Ikoi, a mother of six, was battling Uterine Prolapse, a severe gynecological condition in which the uterus slips…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State graduates of Enugu State University, (ASGRET ESUT), has celebrated the 2025 world mental health day with a total of 121 mental health patients at the Anambra Neuropsychiatric hospital Nawfia, Njikoka local government area of the State. The celebration took place at the Hospital’s premises on Friday, to commemorate this year…
By Ovat Abeng Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has described cancer as a ‘generational threat’ that continues to claim the lives of many women every year in Nigeria. Mrs Soludo, founder of Healthy Living Initiative, asserted in a message on Wednesday to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed every October. She…
By Kingsley Agim The Federal Government has approved the theme and sub-themes for the 66th National Council on Health (NCH), scheduled to hold, for the first time, in Calabar, Cross River State, from November 17 to 21, 2025, as preparations gather momentum for the hosting of Nigeria’s highest policy-making forum on health. Announcing the development…
