By Kingsley Agim, Jessica Ubi CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – 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…
Founder of Medicaid Cancer Foundation, Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu (centre) and some of the survivors during the presentations of funds on Tuesday in Abuja. By Anietie Akpan The Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF) has disbursed ₦100 million to support the treatment of 60 cancer patients across Nigeria, marking a major milestone in its two decades of advocacy…
By Itam Offor Stakeholders in the health sector have thrown their weight behind a bill seeking the establishment of a State Health Management Board in Cross River State. The bill, which aims to strengthen the administration of public healthcare services, was the focus of a public hearing held at the Mini Auditorium of the State…
By Folasade Akpan ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The Rotary Foundation is targeting malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia, Africa’s leading killers of children, through its Rotary Healthy Community Challenge. Mr Holger Knaack, Chairman of the Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees, said this in Abuja during a medical outreach, explaining that teams would move from community to community…
By Our Reporter OBUBRA (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Government has initiated the implementation of the WASH System for Health (WS4H) programme in the Obubra Local Government Area. Making inroads, the first activity was the stakeholders’ meeting held at the Obubra Local Government Council Hall on Monday, 27th October 2025. At the stakeholders’ meeting,…
