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 Agency, Dr Vivien Mesembe Otu, disclosed this on Wednesday during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner for Information, Dr Erasmus Ekpang, in Calabar, where she sought collaboration and support for widespread sensitisation ahead of the exercise scheduled for June 4 to June 8, 2026.
Dr Otu explained that the week-long programme would target children under five years, pregnant women, and adolescent girls aged nine years with critical healthcare interventions aimed at improving maternal and child health outcomes.
According to her, health workers would be deployed to health facilities, schools, churches, mosques, markets, recreational centres,
