By CrossRiverWatch admin Members of Civil Society Platform on Health (CSPH), Cross River State Chapter have raised alarm over what they term “continued poor performance of Primary Health Care (PHC) services and the overall functioning of the health system in the State in spite of the efforts of the last administration”. The group which made
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River government has taken bold steps to ensure the prevention and eventual effective management of the dreaded Lassa fever currently affecting states across Nigeria. The state health ministry which says the state is currently free of the disease, released 18 phone numbers to the public to call in the case
By Seeker Otu/Itam Ekpe The Wife of The Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade has again demonstrated her humanitarian and philanthropic gesture by donating items worth thousands of naira to the 2016 baby of the year. The baby boy born to the family of Mrs. Stella Nwachukwu was delivered at The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital at
By Our Correspondent As part of efforts aimed at ensuring access to efficient and quality healthcare by the citizenry, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday announced the establishment of a social health insurance scheme. Under the scheme, all taxable adults may be required to make a monthly contribution of N1000, which would guarantee
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River State Health Commissioner, Inyang Asibong says the Health Ministry under her charge will tackle quackery in the medical profession and partner with private medical practitioners to ensure quality health service delivery to the people. Asibong says the Ministry will fight against acts considered inimical to the provision of better health
By Jonathan Ugbal The maternal and child health service of the state government is key to Cross Riverians sexual and reproductive health challenges says Health Commissioner, Dr. Inyang Asibong. The strengthening of the advocacy program to expand maternal and child health services in the state by the Health Ministry, Inyang says will help in the
By Our Correspondent Bakor Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital Consortium, the two concessionaires who took over the management of some general hospital in Cross River State have said that the facilities in the privatized General Hospitals in Bekwarra and Obudu local government areas were abandoned for over ten years before the eventual facelift that
By Our Correspondent The decision of the immediate past administration of Cross River State led by Senator Liyel Imoke to privatize general hospitals in the northern senatorial district continues to raise dust, over one year after the agreement was signed with mixed reactions still trailing it, just as incumbent governor Ben Ayade has publicly spoken