Coordinator of PadBank, Archibong Bassey, during the outreach programme on Tuesday. By Asuquo Cletus PadBank, a humanitarian initiative committed to ending period poverty and promoting menstrual hygiene, has extended its monthly mobile outreach to Ekot Etonko community in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, distributing sanitary pads and educating women and schoolgirls…
By Emmanuel Ita CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSSA) has commemorated the 2025 Global Handwashing Day, issuing a call for students to become advocates of hygiene in their schools and communities. The event, held on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at Government Science Secondary School, Ikot Effanga Mkpa,…
MINNESOTA (TCS, CONVERSEER) – Maggee Hangge, assistant director for operations and family policy at the Minnesota Catholic Conference in St. Paul, sat down recently with The Catholic Spirit to discuss the status of pro-life initiatives in Minnesota, including efforts to end abortion. The conversation is edited for length and clarity. Q) Maggee, thank you for…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The consumption of cannabis should be controlled more strictly in Germany, while remaining legal, the government representative on the issue said in media remarks published on Tuesday. “We are currently seeing evidently undesirable trends,” Narcotic Drugs Commissioner Hendrick Streeck told the Berlin daily Tagesspiegel. The permitted 25 grams of medical cannabis…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Germany is increasingly reliant on China for key pharmaceutical ingredients, raising the risk of supply disruptions that Beijing could exploit for political leverage, according to a new report by the German generics association Pro Generika. The lobby group’s report, released on Monday, warns that China could use its dominant position in…
By Anietie Akpan The Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF) has unveiled plans for its 2025 Cancer Awareness Campaign, marking 11 years of sustained impact in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and care across Nigeria. The awareness campaign was unveiled in Abuja at weekend as support plan for persons with disabilities was also announced. Over the past decade, the…
