THE Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr Egbe Ayuk, has disclosed that the state is hosting of the 2025 edition of the National Council on Health, saying such event will further consolidate on the Governor Bassey Otu's effort in revamping the health sector.
The Commissioner, who made the disclosure at the ongoing World Bank-assisted Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project Training Conference on quality of care, in Calabar, on Thursday, commended Governor Otu for winning the annual national event's hosting rights.
Ayuk said the hosting right was won through a competitive process at the 65th National Council on Health, held recently in Maiduguri, Borno State.
"According to the 2014 National Health Act, the National Council on Health remains the highest decision making body on health, which approves National policies relating to health and enables the provision of health promotion, maintenance and basic health services for the country. Hosting the 2025 edition will engineer real change in the health sector of Cross River State through effective participation by stakeholders in the state, memo development, shared learning and peer reviews with health sector players from other parts of the country and the international community," he added.
He enjoined the state and its entire health workforce to show more commitment towards health service delivery and be prepared to showcase best practices in the State Health sector to the world.
Speaking earlier, the Director General of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Vivien Mesembe Otu, admonished participants at the IMPACT Training Conference to maximize the opportunity the training offers to enhance their use of the tools to improve quality of service delivery in the health facilities in the State.
The Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project, an initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria, assisted by the World Bank, aims to improve the utilization and quality of immunization plus malaria services in selected states of the federation including Cross River State.
The IMPACT Project is executed in collaboration with the State Ministry of Health and the State Primary Health Care Development Agency.
Ebi Collins, Beagle News
