The Water Systems for Health (WS4H) programme implemented by Self Help Africa (SHA) has improved or restored access to water services for more than 320,000 people in Kano and Cross River states through interventions aimed at strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems. Speaking at the National Results and Learning workshop held last week in…
The Cross Rivers State Task Force on Health Quality and Anti-Quackery Committee has sealed off a private maternity facility, Safe Hand’s Maternity Clinic, in Calabar Municipality following the reported death of a patient after surgery. The team, led by its chairman Dr Dan Abubakar, paid an unscheduled visit to Safe Hand’s Maternity Clinic, located at…
By Frank Ulom The Government of Cross River State has upgraded the Dr Lawrence Henshaw Memorial Hospital in Calabar (formerly Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH)) to a full-fledged General Hospital. The hospital was an exclusive infectious disease facility. Speaking during an extensive oversight tour of the facility, State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk, revealed…
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…
