The Cross River State Government says it is committed
towards achieving the lowest minimum rate of maternal and child mortality in
the rural area.To this effect, it is keeping fate with its new policy of
providing at least one functional primary health care centre per ward across
the 18 Local Government Areas of the state.
Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health
Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), Dr Betta Edu, at the commissioning of a
health post in Akamkpa Local Government Area urged the community to fully
utilize the facility and shun prayer houses as well as traditional birth
attendants. Commissioning the brand new facility, complete with a solar panel
and access to power, Dr Edu said government strongly discourages other means of
giving birth besides the hospital.
She spoke on measures the state government has come up with
to entice women into accepting the modern form of deliveries.
Some mothers at the Commissioning who either gave birth
through the aid of traditional birth attendants and prayer houses said they are
now better informed to have their next deliveries in the hospitals and expressed
gratitude for the gesture.The project was executed in collaboration with
international partners.
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