By Anietie Akpan United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other stakeholders have decried the yawning gap of women not breastfeeding their babies within one hour of delivery and doing the compulsory first six months exclusive breastfeeding. For not doing this, they said it is a sin and a great act of injustice mothers are doing…
A monkeypox (Mpox) case has been confirmed in Okoshe community in Obudu local government area of Cross River state, the Ministry of Health has revealed. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Egbe Ayuk, made the revelation on Saturday in Calabar, informing that a report from the National Reference Laboratory, Abuja, had confirmed a case of Mpox…
Commissioner for Health, , Dr Henry Ayuk, By Kingsley Agim A monkeypox (Mpox) case has been confirmed in Okoshe community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State . The Commissioner for Health, Dr Egbe Ayuk, made the revelation, Saturday, in Calabar, informing that a report from the National Reference Laboratory, Abuja, had…
Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr Egbe Ayuk, has dismissed the allegation of the outbreak of monkeypox (Mpox) in the state made by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as erroneous, confirming that there is currently no evidence of either Mpox, Cholera, or Lassa in the State. The Commissioner gave the confirmation on Thursday…
The Cross River State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the state government to urgently address the critical shortage of healthcare workers, describing the current number of doctors as alarmingly low. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Calabar, Dr Ezoke Epoke, the newly elected Chairman of…
