Kamaru: Gangamin rigakafin zazzabin cizon sauro

Jirirai 'yan watanni 6 da dama ne aka yi wa rigakafin farko na zazzabin cizon sauro kyauta a babban asibitin Douala a gaban wakilin gwamnan yankin Littoral. Babban asibitin Douala na daya daga cikin cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya da aka zaba inda iyaye za su kai yaransu domin karbar allurar. Daya daga cikin iyayen yaran da aka yi wa rigakafin da ta bukaci a sakaya sunanta ta bayyana farin cikinta da rigakafin.

Gangamin na Kamaru na zuwa ne bayan gwajin allurar rigkafin cutar a kasashen Ghana da Kenya, wanda masana suka tabbatar da tasirin rigakfin wajen kare yara daga kamuwa da cutar.

Aurelia Nguyen shugabar shirye-shirye a kungiyar the Gavi Vaccines Alliance wadda kungiya ce da ke taimaka wa Kamaru wajen samun rigakafin ta ce akwai yara rabin miliyan ko wacce shekara da ke mutuwa sanadiyar zazzbin cizon sauro, yanzu mun shiga lokaci da za a raba rigakafin a kasashen Afirka, mun fara maida hankali ne inda aka fi bukata, Kamaru ta kasance kasa da ke fama da cutar.

A cewar hadakar Gavi yanzu haka kasashe 19 ne za su fara amfana da rigakafin a wannan shekarar kadai. Kasar wadda ke tsakiyar Afirka na sa ran yi wa yara 250,000 rigakafin a bana da shekara mai zuwa.

Bayan tababar kusan shekaru 40 wajen tantance sahihancin rigakafin cutar ta Maleria, hukumar lafiya ta Duniya WHO ta amince da allurar rigakafin zazzabin cizon sauro da za ta zama cikakkiyar kariya ga illar da cutar ke yi a Kamaru musamman a nahiyar Afirka. Simplice Kengne wakilin gwamnan yankin Littoral a taron fara gangamin kaddamar da allurar rigakafin a Douala ya bukaci hadin kan kungiyoyin fararen hula a wannan gangamin

"Ina jan hankalin kungiyoyin fararen hula da jami'an kiwon lafiya da sarakunan gargaji da su bayar da hadin kai domin wannan gangamin yayi nasara"

Ya kuma bukaci tabbatar wa al'umma ingancin wannan allurar rigakafin domin kawar da wasu jite-jite da ke yaduwa wanda yake barazana ga lafiyar yara

Muna gayyatar iyayen yara da bai wa ‘ya'yansu damar a yi musu allurar a wuraren da aka kebe na musamman domin yaransu su amfana da wannan kyauta 

Wani rahoto da hukumar lafiya a Kamaru ta fitar a 2022 ya nuna cewa yara sama da miliyan shida sun kamu da cutar yayin da yara sama da dubu hudu zuwa 11 zazzbin cizon sauro ke kashewa ko wacce shekara, akasarin su yan kasa da shekaru biyar. 

A watan Nuwamba 2023 Kamaru ta karbi kashin farko na rigakafin zazzabin cizon sauro, Mosquirix wanda kamafani sarrafa magunguna na kasar Birtaniya GSK ya samar.