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Cross River Promises To Reduce Maternal Mortality To Insignificant Levels As Primary Health Bill Scales Second Reading

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State government it is administration is committed to achieving Universal health coverage and reducing to insignificant levels, maternal Mortality rates. The health commissioner, Inyang Asibong stated this Monday, at the opening ceremony of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Multi-Year Operational Plan (MOP) meeting at

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Cross River Has Highest Teenage Pregnancy Rates In South-South Nigeria – National Population Commission

By CrossRiverWatch admin The National Population Commission has identified Cross River State as the state with the highest number of teenage pregnancies in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state director of the commission Bassey Eteng disclosed this recently in Calabar, the Cross River State capital at an event held in commemoration of

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Cross River State First To Get Strategic Health Development Plan- Health Commisisoner, Inyang Asibong

By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State commissioner for health, Dr. Inyang Asibong says her ministry beat it’s counterparts across the country as well as the federal ministry of health in the development of a Strategic Health Development Plan. Asibong made this known while addressing participants at a healthcare financing stakeholders meeting held

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CRSPHCDA Begins Process For “Realistic” MOP, Assembly To Pass Bill On Tuesday

By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Dr. Betta Edu says the agency will accept nothing short of a multi-year operational plan (MOP) that will assure quality healthcare delivery to Cross Riverians. Betta disclosed Friday, in Calabar during a technical meeting organized by

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Cross River Primary Health Agency Gets 1.5Million Dollars Boost From FG

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency is set to receive the sum of 1.5 million US dollars grant from the federal government. The grant is facilitated by the World Bank. Health Minister, Professor Isaac Adewole disclosed this to newsmen Monday at a press briefing in Abuja where he said

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Drug Shortage In PHC’s Will Soon Be A Thing Of The Past – Betta Edu, DG CRSPHCDA

By Eljah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) says it has put the necessary logistics in place to ensure there is a lasting solution to the issue of drug shortage in Primary Health Centers (PHC) across the 18 local government areas of the state. The Director General of

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Cross River First Lady Takes Fight Against Malaria To Police Secondary School Akpabuyo

By CrossRiverWatch admin The Hunt Malaria Initiative of Mediatrix Development Foundation, a non governmental organization of the Wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade recently birthed at the Police Secondary School, Akpabuyo. The event started with a parade display by the students and an art exhibition by the students who were

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MTN Foundation To Renovate And Equip Four General Hospitals In Cross River State

By CrossRiverWatch admin The corporate social responsibility arm of Telecoms giant, MTN Foundation is set to renovate and equip four general hospitals in Cross River State as part of their maternal ward support project in the state. Cross River State emerged winner from the South South after a rigorous selection process to join other five

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