‘Yan Najeriya miliyan 19 ne ke fama da cutar ciwon Hanta – NASCP

Babban shugaban hukumar yaƙi da cutar ƙanjamau ta ƙasa (NASCP) Dakta Adebobola Bashorun, ya ce ‘yan Najeriya miliyan 19 ne ke ɗauke da cutar ciwon Hanta a halin yanzu.

Bashorun ya bayyana hakan ne a jiya a wani taron manema labarai na bikin ranar yaƙi da cutar hanta ta duniya na shekarar 2023, mai taken: “Rayuwa ɗaya, Hanta ɗaya” a Abuja.

Ya ce akwai nau’i biyu na wayar da kan jama’a. “Sani game da cutar da sanin halin ku, da sanin cewa kuna buƙatar zuwa bincike.

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“Game da waɗanda suka san cutar hanta kusan kashi 60 ne yayin da waɗanda suka san matsayinsu bai kai kashi 50 cikin ɗari ba, shi ya sa muke ƙoƙarin wayar da kan jama’a da buƙatar yin gwaji.

Don haka baya ga samun bayanai game da cutar hanta, ya kamata ku kuma san halin hanta,” inji shi.

Bashorun ya lura cewa, akwai allurar rigakafin cutar hanta ga manya, inda ya ce; “Domin a yi muku allurar riga kafi daga cutar hanta kuma a yi muku rigakafi yadda ya kamata, da farko kuna duban allo kuma da zarar kun kasance ba daidai ba za ku cancanci a yi muku allurar rigakafin cutar Hepatitis B.

“Haka zalika wani ɓangare ne na rigakafin yau da kullum ga yara”, in ji shi.

Ya ƙara da cewa gwamnati na tabbatar da cewa an yiwa manyan mutane allurar rigakafi.

“Muna da tsarin dabarun ƙasa don kamuwa da cutar hanta daga 2022 zuwa 2026 waɗanda suka gwada rashin lafiyar cutar hanta,” in ji shi.

Babban sakatare na ma’aikatar lafiya ta tarayya Olufunso Adebiyi wanda daraktan kula da lafiyar jama’a Dr Morenike Alex-Okoh ya wakilta ya bayyana cewa gwamnatin tarayya na ƙoƙarin shawo kan cutar hanta a cikin asusun ba da lafiya na asali (BHCPF).