Mali iratangiza ubukangurambaga bukomeye bwo kurinda abakobwa kanseri y’inkondo y’umura, ibaha urukingo rubafasha gukomeza kugira ubuzima bwiza.
Kanseri y’inkondo y’umura ni indwara yibasira igice cyo hepfo ya nyababyeyi. Iyi kanseri ikunze guterwa na virusi yitwa HPV, yandura binyuze mu mibonano mpuzabitsina. Iyo iyi virusi igumye mu mubiri igihe kirekire, irashobora kwangiza selile igatera kanseri.
Kugira ngo wirinde ibi, Mali yahisemo gukingiza abakobwa bose bafite imyaka 10. Uru rukingo rufasha umubiri kwirwanaho virusi ya HPV bityo wirinde kwandura indwara nyuma. Mu 2024, intego ni ugukingiza abakobwa bagera ku 270.000, ndetse n’ababa kure cyangwa batajya ku ishuri. Amakipe azazenguruka hose kugirango buri wese ahabwe ubwo burinzi bukomeye.
Hifashishijwe Alliance Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), ibihugu byinshi, nka Mali, ubu birashobora kurinda abakobwa babo bato kwirinda iyi kanseri.
