Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa World Health Organisation (WHO) Lachitatu adatsindika kufunika kothandizira mamiliyoni omwe akukumana ndi njala ndi matenda ku Horn of Africa.
Polankhula kuchokera ku Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus anati chilala, mikangano, kusintha kwa nyengo komanso kukwera kwa mitengo yazakudya, mafuta amafuta ndi feteleza, zonse zikuthandiza kuti anthu asamapezeke chakudya chokwanira.
Mayiko omwe akhudzidwa ndi vutoli ndi Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan ndi Uganda.
“Njala ndi kupereŵera kwa zakudya m’thupi zimaika pangozi thanzi, koma zimafooketsa chitetezo chathupi, ndipo tsegulani chitseko cha matenda kuphatikizapo chibayo, chikuku ndi kolera,” adatero iye.
Tedros adati vutoli likukakamiza anthu ena kusankha pakati pa kulipira chakudya ndi chithandizo chamankhwala, Ambiri akusamukira kufunafuna chakudya, zomwe zingawaike pachiwopsezo cha matenda.
WHO wapereka ndalama zoposa $ 16 miliyoni kuchokera ku thumba ladzidzidzi kuti athetse zosowa, koma chithandizo chochulukirapo chikufunika.
Bungweli likupempha ndalama zokwana madola 123.7 miliyoni zomwe zigwiritsidwe ntchito popewa ndi kuletsa miliri, kuchiza matenda osowa zakudya m’thupi, komanso kupereka chithandizo chofunikira cha umoyo komanso mankhwala.
Pitani ku Tigray
Tedros adati chilalacho chikuwonjezera "tsoka lopangidwa ndi anthu" m'chigawo cha Tigray kumpoto kwa Ethiopia, komwe nkhondo yakhala ikuchitika kwa zaka ziwiri.
Anthu pafupifupi XNUMX miliyoni azunguliridwa ndi asilikali a ku Ethiopia ndi ku Eritrea, iye anati, "otsekedwa ndi mayiko akunja, opanda matelefoni, opanda mabanki komanso magetsi ndi mafuta ochepa."
Zotsatira zake, akukumana ndi miliri yambiri ya malungo, anthrax, kolera, kutsekula m'mimba ndi matenda ena.
“Nkhanza zosayerekezekazi ziyenera kutha. Njira yokhayo ndiyo mtendere,” adatero Tedros.
Pamapeto pamwambowu, adapempha kuti padziko lonse lapansi pakhale chidwi chachikulu pazovuta za Tigray.
"Ndikhoza kukuuzani kuti mavuto a anthu ku Tigray ndi oposa (ku) Ukraine, popanda kukokomeza. Ndipo ndinanena miyezi yambiri yapitayo, mwina chifukwa chake ndi mtundu wa khungu la anthu aku Tigray”.
Kukonzekera kwa nyukiliya ku Ukraine
Komanso pamwambowu:
Mkulu wina wa bungwe la WHO watsindika za kukonzeka kwa bungweli kuyankhapo pa vuto lililonse la zida za nyukiliya ku Ukraine.
Dr. Michael Ryan, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu, anali kuyankha funso la mtolankhani ponena za kuwonongeka kwa malo opangira magetsi a nyukiliya a Zaporizhzhia.
WHO yakhala ikukhudzidwa ndi akuluakulu a ku Ukraine kuyambira chiyambi cha nkhondoyi, adatero, kuphatikizapo kudzera mu International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"Tikulumikizana nthawi zonse ndi IAEA ndikukhala okonzeka ngati membala wa UN kuti tichitepo kanthu, ngati pakufunika kuchitapo kanthu," adatero Dr Ryan.
"Ngozi ya nyukiliya mwachiwonekere ingakhale yoopsa kwambiri, kwa moyo wa anthu ndi chilengedwe, choncho timakhalabe okhudzidwa ndi izi. Timatsogozedwa ndi anzathu ku IAEA, ndipo tipitilizabe kupereka chithandizo kwa iwo komanso ku Boma la Ukraine. ”
