Latest News – AKSPHCDA – Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Development Agency

Healthcare Delivery in Akwa Ibom State

Health is wealth and the administration of Governor Udom Emmanuel fervently believes in this epigram. This belief has informed the massive turn around that the State has witnessed in the last 4 years.

What we do

The Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Development Agency is charged with the responsibility of ensuring adequate primary health care services in the State. Working with development partners, we make basic health services available, ensuring communities have access to health facilities, services and basic health insurance. Our goal is to make basic health services people-oriented and delivered according to established quality standards and protocols.

Vision

To ensure that the general populace in Akwa Ibom State have access to affordable and equitable Primary Healthcare Services with the support of all stakeholders through a system that delivers integrated quality services.

Mission

To promote and implement sustainable, high quality Primary Healthcare Services in Akwa Ibom State. To support Primary Healthcare delivery through partnership, collaboration, resource mobilization, development of community-based systems and functional Primary Healthcare infrastructure in Akwa Ibom State.

Courtesy Visit From The Forum of Local Government Nurses, Akwa Ibom State Chapter

The State Chapter of Forum of Local Government Nurses (FOLGON) paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Martin Akpan, Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Development Agency. The Chairman of the Forum, Mrs. Sarah Bata, commended the Chairman on

Dr. Martin Akpan, Chairman AKSPHCDA Receives African Students Union Parliament Leadership Award

The Chairman of Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Martin Akpan has described Akwa Ibom State as a state of first-class achievers who have attained global reckoning; citing the examples of Cardinal Dominic Ekandem as the first Catholic

Primary Healthcare is The Mother of Healthcare – Dr. Martin Akpan, Chairman AKSPHCDA

Martin Akpan, Medical doctor, prolific writer and Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Board, in a no-holds-barred parley, bared his heart on some issues to mark his two years in office. What is the importance of primary healthcare to the

USAID-SHOPS Plus Donates Starter Kits to the Agency for Family Planning Services

At the close-out of the Family Planning Project carried out by SHOPS Plus in Akwa Ibom State, starter kits were donated to the Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Dev. Agency to support nurses and midwives in primary health facilities for

NCDC Training on Public Health Emergency Operations Center Fundamentals & Management

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) led a 10-day training on Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Fundamentals & Management. The training focused on an overview of Incident Management System (IMS) structure, principles of operations, and management of evolving

Celebrating USAID-SHOPS Plus Family Planning: Pause & Reflect

SHOPS Plus training on Family Planning (FP) services successfully came to a close prior to reports of corona-virus in Nigeria as the USAID-led project held a closing ceremony in Akwa Ibom and Abuja with the theme: “Pause & Reflect” to

Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, AKS Chapter Marks World Cancer Day 2020

To mark World Cancer Day 2020, the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Akwa Ibom State Branch held a Cancer Awareness Walk & Pink Charity Ball. MWAN provides free screening services for breast cancer and cervical cancer and follow-up care

WHO Donates 474 Tickler Boxes to AKSPHCDA

The World Health Organization (WHO) graciously donated 350 tickler boxes to the Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (AKSPHCDA). The tickler boxes which were received by the Executive Secretary, Dr. (Mrs) Eno Attah was in addition to the 124

Association For Reproductive & Family Health Visits Akwa Ibom SPHCDA and Project Health Facilities

The Association for Reproductive & Family Health (ARFH) is implementing an Integrated approach to empowering adolescent girls and women in two states of Nigeria, namely Akwa Ibom and Gombe, through access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights. As a result

Scale-Up Training on Family Planning For Nurses And Midwives Organized by SHOPS Plus

Awareness of family planning is necessary especially in a season when the country is tackling overpopulation and finding ways to educate families especially women on birth control methods. For this reason, the Akwa Ibom State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (AKSPHCDA)

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