"Zaka khumi zamavuto, kuukira mobwerezabwereza zachipatala, kufa ndi kuthamangitsidwa kwa ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo, komanso kuchuluka kwa ziwawa kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019 zonse zabweretsa zovuta zazikulu pakutha kwa azaumoyo kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Syria kuyankha COVID. -19, "akutero Dr Mohamed Altwaish, dotolo wamano pophunzitsidwa yemwe amagwira ntchito ngati Public Health Coordinator for Hand in Hand for Aid and Development (HIHFAD), yemwe ndi wothandizira WHO ku Northwest Syria.
Kuyambira pomwe milandu yoyamba idadziwika pa 9 Julayi, COVID-19 yakhudza kwambiri ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo, omwe ndi 23 (43%) mwa milandu 54 yodziwika ndi WHO. Izi zayika chitsenderezo chachikulu pazida zomwe zagawika kale mdera lonselo (pafupifupi 30% yazipatala zimawonedwa ngati zosagwira ntchito), kuphatikiza m'maboma a Idleb ndi Aleppo, omwe asokonekera ndi zovuta zaka zambiri.
Akugogomezera ntchito yovuta yotsogozedwa ndi ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo kuti alimbikitse kukonzekera ndi kuyankha kwa COVID-19 mogwirizana ndi WHO Emergency Field Programme ku Gaziantep, nkhukundembo, ndi mgwirizano wa nkhukundembo Hub Health Cluster's COVID-19 Taskforce, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu Marichi 2020.
"Ngakhale milandu isanadziwike kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Syria, ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo anali mwaukadaulo komanso mwadongosolo kulimbikitsa zoyeserera zakumaloko kuti athane ndi COVID-19," atero Dr Altwaish. HIHFAD inagwira ntchito limodzi ndi WHO kukhazikitsa malo odzipatula komanso operekera chithandizo kwa omwe akuganiziridwa kuti ali ndi COVID-19, kuwonetsetsa kupezeka kwa zida zodzitetezera kwa ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo m'zipatala zonse, komanso kukulitsa maphunziro a ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo kuti afalitse upangiri waumoyo wa anthu.
Ntchito zotsogola zophunzitsira azaumoyo m'madera ndi ina mwa ntchito za Dr Altwaish. "Ndimapereka maphunziro a tsiku limodzi kwa ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo kuti agwire nawo ntchito zopewera COVID-1 komanso kuwapatsa luso lophunzitsa anthu ena omwe si azachipatala momwe angagawire ndi kufalitsa mauthengawa."
Ogwira ntchito zachipatala atenga gawo lofunikira polimbikitsa anthu kuzindikira za chiwopsezo chomwe chikukula cha COVID-19, chomwe chakhala chimodzi mwazinthu zovuta kwambiri pokonzekera ndi kuyankha ku Syria kumpoto chakumadzulo.
"Ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo akhala akuvutika kwambiri kuti avomerezedwe ndi anthu ammudzi, makamaka kuvala masks ndikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi," akutero Dr Altwaish. "Kusalidwa kunali vuto kuyambira pachiyambi, makamaka pamene mlandu woyamba udadziwika pakati pa ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo. Anthu adayamba kuganiza kuti ngati ndinu wogwira ntchito yazaumoyo, ndiye kuti muyenera kukhala ndi COVID-19. ” Iye akugogomezera zotsatira za kupsinjika maganizo ndi kukakamizidwa kwa ogwira ntchito zachipatala kuti atsimikizire chitetezo cha odwala awo pamene akupitiriza kupereka ntchito zofunika.
Chitetezo cha ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo chikupitilizabe kukhala chofunikira kwambiri kwa WHO ndi ogwira nawo ntchito akumaloko kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Syria. Kuwukira kwaumoyo - chizindikiro cha mkangano ku Syria - kwachepetsa kuchuluka kwa zipatala ndikulepheretsa anthu wamba kupeza chithandizo chamankhwala. Tsopano, pomwe COVID-19 ikuchulukirachulukira, kusalidwa komanso zolepheretsa chisamaliro zawonjezera zovuta kwa ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo.
"Mnzake wogwira nawo ntchito azachipatala atapezeka kuti ali ndi COVID-19, chochitikacho chinali chenjezo kwa anthu onse kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Syria kuti akonzekere bwino komanso kukonzekera ndikupewa izi mtsogolomu."
