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
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,
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 Cross River State Ministry of Health has warned against the increasing cases of kerosene explosion related cases in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in the past few days. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong is calling on the general public to be mindful of the type of kerosene they
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it has put the necessary framework in place to ensure its six schools of nursing and midwifery are accredited by the end of 2017 to help cater for the manpower needed in the health sector. The state’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Inyang Asibong disclosed this to newsmen
By CrossRiverWatch Admin After the successful unveiling of the Post Natal Ward of the General Hospital Calabar by the MTN Foundation a forth night ago, the state Ministry of Health recorded another victory yet again as FHI360 unveils youth center in the same hospital. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong, expressed her delight
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 Jonathan Ugbal Cross River health commissioner, Dr. Inyang Asibong is set to bury her late dad on Friday, November 4, 2016 family sources say. The late Pa Eyo Otu Eyo died mid August at 90 years of age and burial arrangements have been concluded. A service of songs is to be held in his