Daga Ibraheem El-Tafseer
Hukumar kula da lafiya a matakin farko ta ƙasa (NPHCDA) ta tabbatar a ranar Litinin cewa yara 117 ne suka mutu sakamakon kamuwa da cutar mashaƙo (Diphtheria) a jihar Yobe tun daga shekarar 2022.
Hukumar ta bayyana cewa yara 1,600 sun warke daga cutar a cikin wannan lokacin. Dakta Faisal Shuaib, babban Darakta na hukumar, ya ce an samu ɓullar cutar guda 1,796 a Yobe tun daga ranar 22 ga watan Nuwamba, inda ya ce cutar ta fi ƙamari a tsakanin yara masu shekaru biyar zuwa 14.
A yayin ziyarar duba cibiyar killace masu cutar mashaƙo, da ke garin Potiskum, cibiyar cutar a jihar, Shu’aib ya bayyana jin daɗinsa da allurar rigakafin cutar Diphtheria da aka gudanar a garin Potiskum da sauran ƙananan hukumomi 17 na jihar, inda ya ƙara da cewa ya zuwa ranar 12 ga watan Oktoba, yara masu rauni sun fi yawa.
Za a samar da allurar rigakafin cutar. “Ya zuwa ranar 12 ga Oktoba, za a samar da ƙarin yara masu rauni da allurar rigakafin cutar. Allurar rigakafi suna da ƙarfi, suna da aminci kuma suna aiki. “Diphtheria cuta ce ta zamanin da, tare da allurar rigakafi, ana iya kawo ƙarshenta,” inji shi.
Ya ce ƙarancin allurar rigakafi ne ya haifar da ɓarkewar cutar kwanan nan a faɗin kasar. “A 2016 da 2017; Binciken MICS NICS, wani bincike mai zaman kansa na Hukumar ƙididdiga ta ƙasa, ya nuna cewa kashi 33 cikin 100 na ‘yan Najeriya ne kawai ke fama da allurar rigakafi.
KU KUMA KARANTA: Cutar mashaƙo ta kashe mutum 487 a jihar Kano
“Saboda haɗin kai da Gwamnatin Tarayya da abokan hulɗar ci gaba suka yi, adadin ya ƙaru zuwa kashi 70 cikin 100 a shekarar 2019. “Amma ɓarkewar COVID-19 wanda ya hana mutane da yawa ɗaukar ’ya’yansu rigakafin saboda kulle-kulle da fargabar kamuwa da COVID-19.
Shuaib ya ce inganta tsaftar muhalli da na mutum zai kawar da cutar duk da cewa jihar Yobe ce ta biyu bayan jihar Kano wajen kamuwa da cutar diphtheria a faɗin ƙasar nan. Shugaban NPHCDA ya yabawa gwamnatin Yobe da abokan ci gaban ƙasa bisa rawar da suke takawa wajen magance cutar diphtheria tare da yin alƙawarin ci gaba da bayar da tallafi domin bai wa jihar damar inganta harkokin kiwon lafiya.
Ya jaddada ƙwararrun Sashen Kulawa na Musamman (ICU) don ingantacciyar sa ido, dubawa da sarrafa lamuran diphtheria.
