By CrossRiverWatch Admin A community Ikot Okon Nyandi Nyoku in Efut Ekondo Clan of Calabar South local government area has declared its intention to relocate a Primary Health Care facility which is currently operational in the palace of the chief. Located at number 101 Whitehouse street (also called Dan Archibong street) in Calabar, the NYSC
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Almost two weeks after the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu drew the attention of the public to a little girl who was suffering from severe malnutrition, CrossRiverWatch has obtained bank details of how the public can donate to help save her. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the signing of an agreement between the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency CRSPHCDA and Cuso, a Canadian development organization, the Primary Health Agency has assured Cross Riverians that the partnership will provide human resources to boast policy implementation, health plans, monitoring and evaluation through the volunteer scheme. CUSO
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has announced plans to audit workers in the Primary Health System in the state with a view to addressing challenges that will position it to achieve Universal Health Coverage by the end of 2018. This is the second time in less than 180 days that they are
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government Thursday in Calabar inaugurated two Program-for-Results (PforR) committees to access and manage the USD1.5 million made available to the state from the World Bank’s USD500million facility given to the Federal Government. The fund is to execute the Federal Government’s ‘Saving One Million Lives’ (SOML) initiative and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Medical Women Association of Nigeria MWAN, Cross River state Chapter recently recognized and honored the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong and the Director General of Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu as outstanding Achievers in the Health Sector in Cross River State. The duo
By Ushang Ewa Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says he has directed the immediate transfer of all Primary Health Care staff in the 18 local government areas to the Cross River Primary Health Care Development Agency following the conclusion of a staff audit which he approved. Ayade stated this Monday, in Calabar during a
The statistics concerning the number of deaths associated with Pneumonia is troubling and with the ignorance of the people concerning health care at an alarming rate, there is need for drastic action to be taken. In 2015 alone, an estimated 510,000 Nigerians died from Pneumonia. Of this number, over 100,000 were children under 5.