Sama da mutane 50,000 an riga an yi musu rigakafin, wanda yake da kyau, amma har yanzu kwayar cutar tana nan…
Afirka na fuskantar wata cuta mai suna mpox, wacce take kama da kananan yara. Don taimakawa kasashe irin su Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (DRC) da Rwanda, WHO ta fara rarraba alluran rigakafi. Sama da mutane 50,000 an riga an yi musu rigakafin, wanda yake da kyau, amma har yanzu kwayar cutar tana nan.
Rwanda ta yi wani aiki mai ban mamaki na gudanar da gwaje-gwajen asibiti don gwada alluran rigakafi. Amma menene gwajin asibiti? Kamar wani babban gwajin kimiyya ne inda likitoci da masana kimiyya suka gwada sabon magani ko alluran rigakafi a kan mutane don ganin ko yana aiki da kyau kuma ba shi da lafiya. Godiya ga waɗannan gwaje-gwajen, masu bincike sun sami damar tabbatar da cewa maganin mpox yana da tasiri.
Akwai nau’i biyu na wannan kwayar cutar a Afirka. A wasu wuraren ya fi shafar yara, yayin da wasu kuma ya shafi manya. Tun daga farkon shekarar, an samu rahoton bullar cutar fiye da 48,000 kuma abin bakin ciki, sama da mutane 1,000 ne suka mutu.
Don ƙarin taimako, WHO ta ƙirƙiri wani shiri na aika miliyoyin alluran rigakafin zuwa ƙasashe daban-daban. Gabaɗaya, kusan alluran rigakafi miliyan 6 za su kasance a ƙarshen 2024.
Amma yin alluran rigakafi wani bangare ne kawai na mafita. Hakanan yana da mahimmanci a gwada mutane don gano waɗanda ba su da lafiya. Idan kowa yayi aiki tare, zamu iya taimakawa dakatar da mpox kuma mu kiyaye kowa da kowa!
