Ambiri mwa akufa omira, opitilira 90 peresenti, amapezeka mayiko omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa komanso zapakati, ndi ana osakwana zaka zisanu omwe ali pachiopsezo chachikulu.
Imfa zambiri zimatha kupewedwa
Imfa izi nthawi zambiri zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi zochita za tsiku ndi tsiku, monga kusamba, kutunga madzi oti agwiritse ntchito panyumba, kukwera ngalawa kapena mabwato, ndi kusodza. Zomwe zimachitika chifukwa cha mvula yamkuntho ndi zochitika zina zanyengo kapena nyengo yoopsa ndizo zimayambitsanso nthawi zambiri.
“Chaka chilichonse, padziko lonse lapansi, anthu masauzande mazanamazana amamira m’madzi. Zambiri mwa imfazi zimatha kupewedwa kudzera munjira zozikidwa pa umboni, zotsika mtengo," anati Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ndi WHO Mtsogoleri-General.
Pokumbukira tsiku la World Drwning Prevention Day, mizinda padziko lonse lapansi ikuwunikira zina mwazinthu zawo zodziwika bwino mumtambo wabuluu.
WHO ili ndi likulu lake ku Geneva, ndipo Jet d'Eau ku Nyanja ya Geneva - imodzi mwazokopa zodziwika bwino mumzinda wa Switzerland - idzaunikira mu buluu Lolemba madzulo.
Ganizirani za mayankho
Bungwe la UN la zaumoyo limagwira ntchito limodzi ndi mabungwe othandizana nawo, kuphatikizapo Bloomberg Philanthropies, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) ku United Kingdom, ndi Global Health Advocacy Incubator, pofuna kudziwitsa anthu za kupewa kumira m'madzi.
Woyambitsa Bloomberg Philanthropies, yemwe kale anali Meya wa New York City Michael Bloomberg, adafotokoza kuti kumira m'madzi ndi vuto lalikulu lazaumoyo wapadziko lonse lapansi.
“Nthawi zambiri, timadziwa zomwe zimagwira ntchito kuti tipewe kumira. Tapanga zida ndi malangizo othandiza maboma kukhazikitsa mayankho - ndi ngati tichita zambiri pamodzi, tingapulumutse miyoyo masauzande ambiri,” atero a Bloomberg, kazembe wa WHO padziko lonse wa matenda osapatsirana ndi zovulaza.
Bungwe la WHO lalimbikitsa njira zisanu ndi imodzi zozikidwa pa umboni pofuna kupewa kumira, zomwe zikuphatikizapo kukhazikitsa zotchinga zomwe zimayang'anira madzi, ndi kuphunzitsa anthu omwe akuyang'ana njira zopulumutsira ndi zotsitsimula.
Ana opita kusukulu ayeneranso kuphunzitsidwa kusambira ndi luso lachitetezo m'madzi, pamene anyamata ndi atsikana ayenera kupatsidwa chisamaliro cha masana.
Njira zina zimafuna kukhazikitsa ndikukhazikitsa njira zotetezeka zapaboti, malamulo oyendetsa ngalawa ndi mabwato, ndikuwongolera kuwongolera ngozi za kusefukira kwamadzi.
Gawani ndi kuthandizira
Monga gawo la kuyitanidwa kwa “chita chinthu chimodzi”, anthu akulimbikitsidwa kugawana upangiri wa kupewa kumizidwa ndi madzi ndi mabanja awo, anzawo ndi anzawo. Amalimbikitsidwanso kutero lembetsani maphunziro osambira kapena otetezedwa m'madzi, kapena kuthandiza mabungwe achifundo kapena mabungwe omwe akugwira ntchito yopewa kumira m'madzi.
Pakadali pano, magulu atha kuchita gawo lawo, mwachitsanzo pochititsa zochitika zapagulu kugawana zambiri zachitetezo chamadzi or kuyambitsa kampeni yoteteza madzi.
WHO imalimbikitsanso kuchitapo kanthu paboma, kuphatikiza kupanga kapena kulengeza ndondomeko zatsopano zoletsa kumira, malamulo kapena ndalamandipo kuthandizira mapulogalamu oletsa kumira, kaya m’dziko kapena m’mayiko ena.
Kudzipereka kochokera kumayiko
Bungwe la UN ndi othandizana nawo akuthandizira mayiko kupanga ndi kukhazikitsa njira zatsopano zopewera.
Dziko la Bangladesh lili m'gulu la mayiko omwe adzipereka kuchitapo kanthu popewa kumiza m'madzi, ndipo akuluakulu aboma kumeneko ayambitsa ndondomeko ya zaka zitatu yochepetsera kufa kwa ana.
Monga gawo la pulogalamuyo, boma litenga malo osamalira ana 2,500 omwe adakhazikitsidwa ndikuthandizidwa ndi Bloomberg Philanthropies mzaka khumi zapitazi. Akuluakulu a boma adzakulitsa pulogalamuyo mwa kuwonjezera malo ena osamalira ana okwana 5,500 kuti aziyang’anira ana 200,000 azaka za chaka chimodzi mpaka zisanu.
Mayiko ena omwe alandira thandizo la njira zopewera kufa madzi m’madzi ndi Vietnam, Uganda ndi Ghana.
