Najeriya na daukar wani babban mataki a yaki da cutar sankarau ta hanyar bullo da wani sabon allurar rigakafin cutar sankarau mai suna Men5CV. Wannan babban labari ne domin wannan rigakafin yana ba da kariya daga manyan nau’ikan ƙwayoyin cuta na meningococcal guda biyar a cikin allura guda. Cutar sankarau cuta ce mai hatsarin gaske wacce za ta iya yin kisa, amma wannan sabon rigakafin zai iya ceton rayuka da yawa kuma ya taimaka wajen hana barkewar cutar nan gaba.
Cutar sankarau cuta ce ta kumburin kyallen da ke kewayen kwakwalwa da kashin baya ta hanyar kwayoyin cuta, ƙwayoyin cuta ko wasu cututtuka. A Afirka, inda hadarin kamuwa da cutar sankarau ya yi yawa, wannan sabon rigakafin wani babban ci gaba ne a yaki da wannan cuta.
Najeriya, daya daga cikin kasashen da cutar sankarau ta fi kamari a nahiyar Afirka, ta kaddamar da wani shiri na allurar rigakafin da kungiyar Gavi ta dauki nauyin kare mutane fiye da miliyan daya masu shekaru 1 zuwa 29. Wannan shiri na da nufin dakatar da yaduwar cutar, musamman a yankunan da ke fama da barkewar cutar sankarau.
Wannan allurar dai na wakiltar wani sabon fata ga al’ummar Najeriya musamman a yankunan da cutar ta fi kamari. Tare da wannan ci gaba, yanzu ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya suna da kayan aiki mai ƙarfi don yaƙar cutar sankarau da ceton rayuka.
