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Support Little Esther’s Child, She Is Severely Malnourished

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

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Cross River Born Medical Doctor Earns Distinction From University Of Sheffield

By CrossRiverWatch Admin While the battle for the soul of Nigeria and the effort to sex up the country’s image intensifies, Nigerians at home and across the world are leaving no one in doubt in proving themselves as good people from a great nation who are committed to the course of building society. A paradigm

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Canadian Support Will Boost Our Monitoring, Evaluation And Accountability Processes – Dr. Betta Edu

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

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Cross River Health Insurance Agency Inaugurated

By Ogar Monday The Cross River state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong has inaugurated members of the Board of the Cross River State Health Insurance Agency. Speaking at the event which held at the Ministry of Health conference room, Dr. Asibong stated that the inauguration of the Agency’s board is the first step towards

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Again! Cross River Government To Audit Primary Health Care Workers

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

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Nurses Begin Indefinite Strike In Cross River Over Promotion Of Governor’s Relative

By Elijah Ugani; Health Correspondent Nurses in Cross River State Monday began an indefinite industrial action following the state’s refusal to reverse the promotion of a junior nurse to superintend over her seniors in Obudu local government area of the state. The nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives

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River Blindness Prevalent In 15 LGAs In Cross River Says Tropical Diseases Office

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Government says it is committed to fighting Onchocerciasis which is prevalent in 15 out of the 18 local government areas of the state. Commonly referred to as River Blindness and caused by the parasitic worm, Onchocerca volvulus, it is the second most common cause of blindness due to infection,

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Cross River Inaugurates Committees To Access And Manage World Bank $1.5Million Health Grant

  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

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