by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has urged health workers not to relent in their efforts to ensure the State achieves the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4, 5, and 6 targets. Imoke stated this while launching the Pentavalent Vaccine during the ongoing immunization exercise at Primary Health Centre, Ikot Ansa, Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor says he is not impressed with the results of efforts to stem the HIV AIDS scourge in the State. The Governor told stakeholders during a workshop on how to respond to the pandemic held recently at the Tinapa Lakeside Hotel, Calabar that he is
by crossriverwatch admin The scorecard of Cross River state Ministry of Health in the last six years has been described as “a disaster by definition” due to its poor performance to deliver quality health care delivery to the citizens of the state. State Governor Senator Liyel Imoke made this revelation during the assessment of the
by crossriverwatch admin The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Mr. Olumide Akintayo has called on pharmacists to get involved in ensuring that rural dwellers had access to health care services. Akintayo, who spoke at the launch of Reload, a multivitamin, at the just-concluded 32nd National Conference of the Association of Community Pharmacists of
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium for the construction of an ultra-modern Calabar Specialist Hospital, under public-private partnership. Governor Liyel Imoke and the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Attah Ochinke, signed on behalf of the state, while Mr. John Adesioye of Utopian
by crossriverwatch admin The role of the traditional birth attendants in Cross River State health care delivery is significant that government is not planning to banish them soon CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. The position of the government was made known during a press briefing in Calabar by the Special Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke on
by crossriverwatch admin Authorities at the Federal Psychiatric Hospital Calabar are at loss how a patient identified as Uduak slipped through their eagle eye surveillance to commit suicide by hanging himself inside the bathroom with his bedding. A source which prefers anonymity said the deceased quietly left his room to commit suicide around 2am on
by crossriverwatch admin Over eight hundred thousand children were administered immunization, folic acid along with worm medicines while one hundred and seventy seven women were administered the anti tetanus vaccines during the one week Maternal Newborn and Child Week in Cross River State. Mrs. Patricia Ebam, the State Immunization Officer who gave the figures to