Mliri wa Ebola ku Congo ukupangitsa mavuto azachipatala padziko lonse lapansi

Ngakhale bungwe la World Health Organisation (WHO) lidasiya kunena kuti malire atsekedwe, ponena kuti chiopsezo cha Ebola kufalikira kunja kwa chigawochi sichinali chachikulu, bungweli lidalengeza kuti vuto la matenda ku Democratic Republic of Congo ndi Public Health Emergency of International Concern. (PHEIC).

Mkulu wa WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus adati pasakhale zoletsa kuyenda kapena malonda, komanso kusayang'ana kwa omwe akudutsa pamadoko kapena ma eyapoti kunja kwa chigawocho. Bungweli linanena, komabe, kuti chiwopsezo cha mayiko oyandikana nawo ndi "chambiri." Anthu awiri amwalira ku Uganda ndi Ebola - mnyamata wazaka 5 ndi agogo ake azaka 50, ndipo ku Goma, wansembe adamwalira ndi kachilomboka. Goma ikuimira vuto lodetsa nkhawa kwambiri chifukwa anthu opitilira miliyoni miliyoni amakhala kumeneko ndipo mzindawu ndi doko lalikulu pamalire a DR Congo-Rwanda.

PHEIC ndi mlingo wapamwamba kwambiri wa alamu wogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi WHO ndipo wangoperekedwa nthawi 4 kale, kuphatikizapo mliri wa Ebola umene unapha anthu oposa 11,000 ku West Africa kuyambira 2014 mpaka 2016. Kachilombo ka Ebola kamayambitsa malungo mwadzidzidzi, kufooka kwakukulu, kupweteka kwa minofu ndi zilonda. kukhosi komwe kumayamba kumasanza, kutsekula m'mimba, ndi kutuluka magazi mkati ndi kunja, ndipo omwe amafa amataya madzi m'thupi ndi kulephera kwa ziwalo zingapo. Matendawa amafalikira pokhudzana mwachindunji ndi madzi amthupi, magazi, ndowe, kapena masanzi a munthu yemwe ali ndi kachilombo kudzera pakhungu, mkamwa, ndi mphuno.

Mliriwu unayamba mu Ogasiti 2018 ndipo ukukhudza zigawo ziwiri ku DR Congo - North Kivu ndi Ituri. Mwa anthu opitilira 2 omwe ali ndi kachilomboka, magawo awiri mwa atatu aliwonse amwalira. M’masiku 2,500, chiŵerengero cha milandu chinafika 224, ndipo m’masiku 1,000 okha pambuyo pake, chiŵerengerocho chinakwera kufika pa 71. Pafupifupi milandu 2,000 yatsopano imanenedwa tsiku lililonse.

Katemera adapangidwa panthawi yaku West Africa ndipo ndi 99 peresenti yogwira ntchito koma akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi omwe amakumana mwachindunji ndi odwala Ebola. Pakadali pano, anthu 161,000 adalandira katemera. Mwa ogwira ntchito zachipatala omwe akutumikira odwala Ebola, 198 atenga matendawa kuyambira kuchiyambi kwa chaka chino ndipo 7 mwa iwo amwalira.

Milandu yambiri ikubwera modabwitsa monga zikuwoneka kuti anthuwa sanakumane ndi aliyense yemwe anali ndi Ebola. Kuphatikiza apo, kutsatira kufalikira kwa kachilomboka kwakhala kovuta chifukwa cha kusakhulupirira ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo zomwe zidapangitsa kuti gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a omwe ali ndi kachilomboka asapeze chithandizo chamankhwala ndikumwalira mdera lawo. Zotsatira zake ndikuti kachilomboka kamafalikira mosavuta kwa achibale ndi anansi.

WHO yanena momveka bwino kuti alibe ndalama zokwanira kuthana ndi mliriwu. Ndalama zokwana madola 98 miliyoni zikufunika kuti athe kuthana ndi kufalikira kwa matendawa kuyambira February mpaka July. Kuperewera kunali kodabwitsa kwa $ 54 miliyoni.