Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) ta ayyana cutar zazzabin cizon sauro a Cape Verde.
Hukumar ta kasa da kasa ce ta ba da takardar shedar a hukumance ta ba wa tsibirin yammacin Afirka na tsibirai tara a yayin wani biki kai tsaye a ranar Juma’a, wanda ya samu halartar daraktan WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Firaministan Cape Verde Ulisses Correia e Silva ya yi maraba da wannan gagarumin ci gaba.
Ga kasar da yawon bude ido ke zama babban aikinta na tattalin arziki, kawar da zazzabin cizon sauro shine kawar da hana zirga-zirga, kawar da hasashe da kuma karfafa kwarin gwiwa na tsafta,” in ji Silva.
Wannan mataki na tarihi ya sa Cape Verde ta kasance kasa ta uku a yankin Afirka da ta cimma matsayin kawar da cutar, bayan Mauritius da Aljeriya.
A cewar WHO, Afirka na dauke da kaso mai yawa na yawan zazzabin cizon sauro a duniya.
A cikin 2022, yankin ya kasance gida mai kashi 94% na cututtukan zazzabin cizon sauro (miliyan 233) da 95% (580,000) na mutuwar zazzabin cizon sauro.
Labaran Afirka/Ladan Nasidi.
