By Kingsley Agim The Cross River State Government has launched the Lenacapavir Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a groundbreaking long-acting HIV prevention intervention, at the General Hospital, Calabar, marking a major step in efforts to curb new HIV infections and improve public health outcomes. Speaking during the launch on Monday, May 18, 2026, the Commissioner for…
By Frank Ulom The Chief Medical Director, CMD of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme, has highlighted the institution’s growing capacity to handle complex medical procedures, while also dismissing allegations of ethnic discrimination in the recruitment of house officers. Prof. Ikpeme disclosed this on Friday during a media tour of the…
By Kingsley Agim and Effiom Solomon The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, CRSPHCDA, has announced plans to commence the first round of the 2026 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week, MNCHW, alongside the Human Papillomavirus, HPV vaccination exercise across the 18 local government areas of the state. The Director General of the…
By Frank Ulom The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, Cross River State Council, has called for massive employment of nurses as well as the upward review of retirement age for nurses in the state. The call was made by Comr. Josephine Bassey, State Chairman of NANNM, at the NANNM Secretariat on Tuesday…
By Kingsley Agim The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk, has assured members of the public that full medical services have been restored at the General Hospital, Calabar, following disruptions caused by a student protest on Monday. Dr Ayuk made the declaration during back-to-back visits to the hospital on Tuesday and…
