Eight countries have so far rolled out the malaria vaccine as part of childhood immunisation programmes in 2024: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, and Sierra Leone By Our Reporter In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries—Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone—today, 25th April 2024, launched a large-scale rollout…
By Ita Williams The Cross River State Ministry of Health’s Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) unit is partnering with Evidence Action, a US-based international organization, to launch its annual comprehensive state-wide, school-based deworming exercise in Calabar from April 24th to 30th, 2024. Organisers said the exercise is aimed at treating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and Schistosomiasis, diseases…
By Frank Ulom The Government of Cross River State has dedicated five days, starting from Wednesday, 24th April to Tuesday, 30th April 2024, for deworming of school and out-of-school children in the state. In a joint press statement by Mrs Veronica Mark, Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Coordinator, Cross River State Ministry of Health, and Mr…
By Chris Njoku Mrs Nsa Ekpenyong, Mobilisation Officer for the Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) has charged healthcare workers in the state to operate based on their limitations Ekpenyong made the call on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at the end of a five-day training for frontline…
By Magnus Effiong The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) is investing heavily in the procurement of modern medical equipment and infrastructure to stop medical tourism and provide affordable and quality healthcare services to the people, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme has disclosed. Prof Ikpeme said this in Calabar…
