Primary Health care workers across the state have been engaged in very intensive training over the last to three weeks and this is targeted at improving the quality of health services delivered at Primary health centers across the state. This training and retraining is expected to build capacity of Primary health care workers to manage minor illnesses at Primary Level, improve the quality of care, ensure health worker and client safety, attitude of health workers to service amongst other
These are strongs steps to usher in the dawn of a new era in the healthcare sector. In the last three and half years, the Cross River State healthcare system has witnessed a massive revitalization, rehabilitation and upgrading, especially the primary healthcare system– being previously the weakest link at the grassroots! As the state prepares to achieve a universal healthcare coverage, funds have been sunk in training and retraining of healthcare workers who are the manpower behind any success intended to be achieved.
Recently, primary healthcare workers were being trained at Odukpani LGA on routine immunization. Same is the case with other healthcare workers across the 18 LGAs in the state. This is aimed at developing and building their capacity for optimum results in consolidating the vision of the Governor to make health care accessible and of great quality for all.
More so, the recent approval given by His Excellency to employ 1000 health workers would equally boosts our healthcare system in the state. This has a direct impact on the mission to achieve a universal healthcare coverage. This has equally helped in strengthening the fight against communicable diseases especially at border communities where surveillance is scaled up
more extensively in the case of HIV and AIDS, Tetanus, measles, Yellow fever,Monkey Pox etc. Multi-pronged approaches for health workforce development, such as task shifting, training and retention efforts, have led to progress towards universal coverage.
Approaches such as comprehensive strengthening of health workforce, and scaling up
workforce production for the continuum of maternal, newborn and child health care are
options for working towards population-specific universal coverage.
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