WHO ta ce mutane miliyan 60 za su fuskanci matsalar abinci a Afirka

Babban darakta na hukumar lafiya ta duniya (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus ya bayyana damuwarsa kan matsalar ƙarancin abinci da ake fuskanta a yankin kahon Afirka sakamakon matsalar yanayi.

Mista Ghebreyesus ya bayyana hakan ne yayin wani taron manema labarai ta yanar gizo, yana mai cewa matsalar yanayi ita ce babban abin da ke tabbatar da sakamakon lafiyar ɗan Adam. Ya ƙara da cewa, matsalar yanayi da ta daɗe tana fama da fari a babban yankin kahon Afirka, tuni ya haifar da bala’in yunwa da ƙaura da cututtuka, lamarin da ke kawo cikas ga harkokin kiwon lafiya.

Ya ce “A bana, kusan mutane miliyan 60 za su fuskanci matsalar ƙarancin abinci a babban yankin kahon Afirka, waɗanda suka haɗa da Djibouti, Habasha, Kenya, Somaliya, Sudan ta Kudu, Sudan da Uganda.

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“A cikin watanni masu zuwa, muna sa ran faruwar yanayi iri-iri, da suka haɗa da fari, ambaliya, guguwa, da zafin rana, waɗanda dukkansu ke cutar da lafiyar ɗan Adam.

“El Niño, wanda yanzu Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Duniya ta sanar, tare da ɗumamar yanayi sun riga sun haifar da yanayin zafi.” Shugaban na WHO ya ce a ranar 3 ga watan Yuni, duniya ta rubuta rana mafi zafi da aka taɓa samu.

Dangane da cutar zazzaɓin cizon sauro, ya ce ya ji daɗin cewa tare da Gavi da UNICEF, asalin zai sanar da ware allurai miliyan 18 na rigakafin RTS, ga ƙasashe 12 na Afirka.

A cewarsa, yayin da matsalar yanayi ke sauya yanayin yanayi, sauro masu ɗauke da cututtuka na ƙaruwa da yawa kuma suna yaɗuwa gaba ɗaya.

“Maleriya ta kasance daya daga cikin cututtukan da suka fi kashe mutane a Afirka, inda ke kashe kusan ƙananan yara ‘yan ƙasa da shekaru biyar da rabi a duk shekara, kuma ya kai kusan kashi 96 cikin 100 na mace-macen zazzaɓin cizon sauro a duniya a shekarar 2021.

“A matsayin rigakafin farko na rigakafin cutar zazzaɓin cizon sauro, yanzu an kai wa yara sama da miliyan 1.6 allurar rigakafin cutar zazzaɓin cizon sauro a Ghana, Kenya da Malawi,” in ji shi.

Mista Ghebreyesus ya ce an nuna cewa yana da aminci da inganci, wanda ya haifar da raguwa sosai a cikin matsanancin zazzaɓin cizon sauro da faɗuwar mutuwar yara.

A cewarsa, wani abin lura shi ne, aƙalla ƙasashen Afirka 28 ne suka nuna sha’awar karɓar allurar rigakafin ta RTSS.

Ya ce a halin yanzu ana sake duba allurar rigakafi ta biyu don tantancewa kuma idan an yi nasara, za ta samar da ƙarin wadata a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci.