Sakamakon barkewar guguwar Cyclone Freddy mai saurin kisa, Malawi ta fara aikin allurar riga-kafi don yiwa yara sama da miliyan 9 allurar rigakafin cututtuka da dama da ke barazana ga rayuwa.
Guguwar ta kashe mutane fiye da 1,000 a kasar da ke kudancin Afirka, a cewar shugaban Malawi. Wannan dai ita ce guguwa mafi muni da ta afkawa nahiyar Afirka a baya-bayan nan, wadda ta afkawa kasashen Malawi da Mozambique da kuma Madagascar a karshen watan Fabrairu da Maris.
Shirin rigakafin da za a yi a duk fadin kasar wanda zai dauki sama da mako guda zai shafi yara masu shekaru 15 da kuma samar da alluran rigakafin cutar zazzabin typhoid, kyanda, rubella da cutar shan inna, in ji abokan hadin gwiwa da suka hada da Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya, UNICEF, da kawancen rigakafin rigakafi na duniya (GAVI). Hakazalika, za a ba wa yara karin bitamin A, a cewar hukumomin a cikin wata sanarwar hadin gwiwa, inda suka kara da cewa nan da nan bayan kamfen din za a rika samun allurar ta typhoid a kasar nan ga jarirai a cibiyoyin lafiya.
An riga an shirya gangamin kafin guguwar, amma yana da matukar muhimmanci a sakamakonsa tunda barna da kaura na iya kara barazanar kamuwa da cututtuka, in ji su.
“Malawi ta nuna juriya na ban mamaki bayan bala’in guguwa,” in ji Thabani Maphosa, manajan daraktan bayar da shirye-shiryen kasa a GAVI, a cikin wata sanarwa.
Ya kara da cewa, “Ba wai kawai bullo da sabon rigakafin ba ne, wanda ba abu ne mai sauki ba, ya zama daya daga cikin kasashe na farko a duniya da ke samar da allurar rigakafin cutar ta typhoid a kai a kai ga yara.”
Zazzabin Typhoid, wanda kwayoyin cuta ke haifarwa, yawanci ana yaɗuwa ta hanyar shan gurɓataccen abinci ko ruwa kuma yana iya yin kisa. Masifu da matsugunan jama’a na kara barazanar barkewar cutar taifot, in ji jami’an kiwon lafiya, musamman a kasa irin ta Malawi da ke fama da cutar ta typhoid.
“Wannan wani muhimmin mataki ne ga Malawi,” in ji Matshidiso Moeti, darektan yankin WHO na Afirka.
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