Ministan lafiya da walwalar jama’a, Farfesa Muhammad Pate, ya ce gwamnatin Najeriya sun yi alluran rigakafin cutar kyanda fiye da miliyan 25 da kuma allurai miliyan 22 na rigakafin cutar zazzabin shawara a fadin kasar.
Pate ya ba da haske game da nasarorin da aka samu a cikin ɗaukar rigakafin da ba da rigakafin kiwon lafiya a duk faɗin ƙasar.
Ya ce, “A karkashin wannan gwamnatin, an yi alluran rigakafin cutar kyanda sama da miliyan 25 da kuma allurar rigakafin cutar zazzabin shawara miliyan 22, tare da kaddamar da allurar rigakafin MPox na farko a Afirka.”
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Ministan ya bayyana cewa bayan cutar kyanda da zazzabin rawaya, yara miliyan biyar ne suka samu rigakafin pentavalent, kuma an yiwa ‘yan Najeriya miliyan 10 allurar rigakafin tetanus-diphtheria ta hanyar maganin diphtheria a fadin kasar.
A cewar Ministan, an kuma tura alluran rigakafi sama da miliyan daya daga tarin kudaden duniya da Gavi ke ba da tallafi don tallafawa yaki da barkewar cutar sankarau a yankunan arewacin kasar.
“Yayin da kasar ke dauke da nauyin cutar zazzabin cizon sauro mafi girma a duniya, wanda ya kai kusan kashi 39.3 na mace-macen da ke da nasaba da zazzabin cizon sauro a tsakanin yara ‘yan kasa da shekaru biyar, tura allurar rigakafin R21 Matrix-M ya zama babban ci gaba ga lafiyar jama’a,” in ji shi.
Ya bayyana cewa, an fara aikin rigakafin cutar zazzabin cizon sauro a jihohin Bayelsa da Kebbi, inda jihar Kebbi kadai aka yiwa yara 179,542 masu shekaru biyar zuwa 15.
“Najeriya ta samu allurai miliyan daya na rigakafin zazzabin cizon sauro, ciki har da allurai 846,200 daga Gavi da allurai 153,800 da gwamnatin tarayya ta bayar, tare da shirye-shiryen ci gaba da ingantawa,” in ji shi.
Ministan ya bayyana cewa, a shekarar 2025, gwamnatin tarayya ta bayar da dala miliyan 54 a cikin albarkatun cikin gida don yaki da cutar tarin fuka a duniya, kuma ta zama babbar mai bayar da gudunmowa ta Afrika a asusun duniya, kamar yadda aka sanar a taron G20 na baya-bayan nan a birnin Johannesburg.
“Wadannan nasarorin suna da mahimmanci,” in ji Pate.
Pate ya kuma yi tsokaci kan yunkurin da Najeriya ke yi na kawar da cutar kansar mahaifa, inda ya bayyana cewa, duk da cewa kimanin mata 12,000 ne ake kamuwa da cutar a Najeriya a duk shekara, ana iya rigakafin cutar ta hanyar rigakafin cutar sankarar mahaifa (HPV).
Ya ce tun bayan kaddamar da shirin rigakafin cutar ta HPV a watan Oktoban shekarar 2023 a fadin jihohi 15 da kuma babban birnin tarayya, an yi wa sama da ‘yan mata miliyan 14 da suka cancanta ‘yan shekara tara zuwa 14 allurar rigakafi, wanda ke nuna sama da kashi 90 cikin 100 na allurar.
Ya kara da cewa, a kwanan baya an ba da izini a hukumance na karin Naira biliyan 68 don samar da kudaden allurar rigakafi da kuma abubuwan da suka dace, tare da kudaden da aka aika a Hukumar Kula da Lafiya a matakin farko ta kasa da kuma shirin fitar da su.
Ya ce al’ummar Najeriya sama da miliyan 240 na kara nuna himma wajen samun ingantattun ayyukan kiwon lafiya da kayayyakin kariya da ke kare rayuka, da rage cututtuka da za a iya kaucewa da kuma ci gaba da samar da kayayyaki.
“A cikin kwata na biyu na 2024, cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya a duk fadin kasar sun rubuta kusan ziyarar asibiti miliyan 10. A kashi na biyu na 2025, ziyarar ta wuce miliyan 45, wanda ya nuna karuwar fiye da sau hudu,” in ji Pate.
Ya yi bayanin cewa tashin hankalin ya nuna karuwar amfani da muhimman ayyuka da ceton rai, musamman rigakafi, a tsakanin matasan Najeriya, wadanda a baya ke fama da rashin fahimta, rashin yarda da kuma takaitaccen damar yin amfani da su.
A cewar ministar, gwamnatin ta ci gaba da jajircewa wajen ganin cewa rashin lafiya da za a iya kaucewa kamuwa da ita da kuma mutuwa ba za ta takaita karfin ‘yan Najeriya na rayuwa cikin koshin lafiya, wadata da mutunci ba.
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