By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent There is a smart plan being put in place to ensure zero rates are recorded in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS as well as those of hepatitis B says the Cross River State government in different fora over the week. The health commissioner, Inyang Asibong and the director general of
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The extensive disparity in the access to healthcare in Cross River State is due to the lopsided distribution of health personnel to the detriment of rural areas says the state council chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association Offiong Ikpeme during the council’s annual general meeting/scientific conference held Wednesday in Calabar.
By CrossRiverWatch admin Obudu: Following the birthing of quadruplets, a teenage mother says she will utilise one family planning method before leaving the hospital in what she says is a step in the right direction. Patience Abantelhe in her mid twenties put to birth 3 boys and 1 girl at about 9:30 AM Friday at
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The reintegration of Vesico Vagina Fistula patients with the society is vital to their physical and mental well-being says Cross River Health Commissioner, Inyang Asibong at the presentation of a treated patient to her family recently at Akpabuyo. Asibong while presenting the patient (names withheld) to her family said that,
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
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
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
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