By BANNERNEWS Reporter Neurologists and other brain health specialists have called for urgent action to bridge wide gaps in epilepsy care in Nigeria. The call […]
Category: Health
PadBank Distributes Sanitary Pads To School Children In Calabar
By BANNERNEWS Reporter A group, PadBank Mobile Outreach, has intensified its monthly campaign on young women’s health by distributing sanitary towels to about 300 girl […]
Cross River Reaffirms Health Partnerships as Measles–Rubella Campaign Takes Off
By BANNERNEWS Reporter The Cross River State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining strong partnerships with development agencies and stakeholders to deepen healthcare delivery […]
Onwe Urges Caution Over HoR Motion Calling for Suspension of UCTH CMD
By BANNERNEWS Reporter Chief Dr. Henry Onwe, Chairman of the Cross River State Businessmen’s Forum, has urged caution over the recent motion by the House […]
C’River Takes Delivery of UNFPA Family Planning Commodities, Pays ₦22m Counterpart Funding
By BANNERNEWS Reporter Cross River State Government has received a fresh consignment of family planning commodities procured through the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), following […]
Northern Leaders Worry as Wives, Mothers, Daughters Attended to by Male Doctors
By BANNERNEWS Reporter Northern Nigerian leaders have raised concern over the acute shortage of female health practitioners in the region, warning that the gap continues […]
Cross River Completes Obudu General Hospital
By BANNERNEWS Reporter The Cross River State Government has concluded construction of the General Hospital, Obudu, and has begun final preparations for its formal unveiling, […]
Over 100 soldiers’ widows, othersbenefit from military health outreach in Calabar
By BANNERNEWS Reporter More than 100 persons, including widows of fallen soldiers, benefited from a free medical outreach organised by the Nigerian military as part […]
Kano Govt Vows Sanctions Over Scissor Left In Woman’s Body
By BANNERNEWS Reporter The Kano State Government has assured that any surgeon found culpable in the death of Aishatu Umar, in whose body a surgical […]
World Health Fellows Seek Media Partnership at NUJ Cross River
By BANNERNEWS Reporter World Health Fellows have sought a strategic media partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, to strengthen […]