By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House of Assembly Tuesday, passed into law the bill seeking to create the Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme Agency into law in its sitting. The bill sources say, will be tagged “AyadeCare”. When assented to by the Governor, the Agency empowered by the Act will manage
By Jonathan Ugbal The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Dr. Betta Edu says there is an urgent need to step up the fight against malnutrition because it affects the overall health of both the individual, the immediate community and the country at large. Edu made this known
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Inyang Asibong has lost his father to the cold hands of death aged 90 family sources told CrossRiverWatch. The late Pa Eyo Otu Eyo who died almost a fortnight ago was a retired district officer in charge of the then eastern region rose to
By Ushang Ewa CALABAR: The Cross River State Government has reiterated it’s commitment to the sensitization of Cross Riverians to ensure the ‘significant reduction’ in the rates of cancer related deaths in the state. The Health Commissioner, Inyang Asibong and the Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), Betta Edu
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Two health developing partners, Pathfinder International (PI) and FHI 360 have expressed their willingness to partner with the wife of Cross River State Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade on HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health through her Mediatrix Development Foundation (MDF). The State Program Managers of PI, Dr. Yemisi Femi-Pius
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the alert by the Federal Government of two confirmed falsified versions of Quinine Sulphate in circulation, the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency has placed machinery in motion to checkmate the situation, a statement from the agency says. The Federal Ministry of Health had in a statement signed by its
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River State is set to benefit increased support from the United States on Malaria, Maternal and Child Health says the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Michael Harvey, the Mission Director of USAID disclosed this Wednesday, in Abuja when he received the wife of
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade Friday in Calabar became the first Governor to sign into law, 9 bills including the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Bill which brings to 23, the total number of bills signed so far in the life of the current administration. The