By Elijah Ugani Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Monday flagged off the State Health Insurance Scheme tagged “Ayadecare” at a ceremony in Calabar, the state capital organized to mark the 2018 children’s day. This comes 20 months after he signed into law, the bill to establish the insurance scheme as well as several
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has identified financing and manpower development as key areas needed to ensure the state achieves universal health coverage. The commissioner for health, Dr. Inyang Asibong and the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed this in exclusive interviews
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State Government has announced plans to take care of an abandoned child, Anderson Ayade after the mother deserted him at a Primary Health Care facility in Calabar, the Cross River Capital. The Director General of the State’s Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed this
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Follow @Elijah_ugani In a bid to ensure support for the over 16,000 Cameroonian refugees in Cross River as well as the southern part of Nigeria, the Nigerian Red Cross and United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) have completed a training for health workers in the country’s southern port city of
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Follow @Elijah_ugani Players in the Cross River State health sector have solicited the partnership of the media in disseminating information concerning immunization campaigns in a bid to promote a healthy attitudinal change among the citizenry. This was the focus of an interactive session organized by the state primary healthcare development
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Government says it is planning to include migrants fleeing a crackdown in Cameroonian and taking refuge in the state in its next measles vaccination campaign. The Director General of the state’s Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed this while addressing the migrants in central Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal The final round for voting in the maiden CrossRiverWatch Man Of The Year Award has commenced with a more reliable system of voting a statement from the publishers, CRWatch Resources says. The voting has been migrated from the news portal server to its new media network internet robot with artificial intelligence on
By Ushang Ewa The Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS) program recently launched by Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will aid in the curbing of several communicable diseases as well as make community health extension services more efficient says the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu.