IGhana ilungiselela ukuqhambuka kwentsholongwane yokuqala yaseMarburg

Ukufunyaniswa kwangaphambili kweemeko ezimbini zentsholongwane yaseMarburg ziye zakhuthaza iGhana ukuba ilungiselele ukuqhambuka kwesi sifo. Ukuba ziqinisekisiwe, ezi ziya kuba lolosulelo lokuqala olunjalo olurekhodwa kweli lizwe, kwaye lusesibini kuphela eNtshona Afrika. I-Marburg yifiva eyosulela kakhulu kwintsholongwane ye-haemorrhagic kusapho olunye njengesifo se-Ebola esaziwayo kakhulu. 

Uhlalutyo lokuqala lweesampulu ezithathwe kwizigulane ezibini yiNoguchi Memorial Institute yezoPhando lwezoNyango zelizwe zibonise ukuba iimeko zilungile kuMarburg, kwaye iisampulu zithunyelwe kwi-Institut Pasteur eSenegal, uMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi.WHO) IZiko lokuSebenzisana, lokuqinisekisa.

Ezi zimbini, zingazalaniyo, izigulana ezisuka kumazantsi eAshanti zibonise iimpawu eziquka urhudo, umkhuhlane, isicaphucaphu kunye nokugabha. Baye bafa bobabini.

I-WHO ihlanganisa iingcali zempilo

Amalungiselelo eempendulo ezinokuthi ziqhambuke zisetwa ngokukhawuleza njengoko uphando olongezelelweyo luqhubeka, kwaye i-WHO ithumela iingcali ukuxhasa abasemagunyeni kwezempilo eGhana ngokuqinisa uphononongo lwezifo, uvavanyo, ukukhangela abafowunelwa, ukulungiselela ukunyanga izigulana kunye nokusebenza noluntu ukubalumkisa nokubafundisa. malunga nemingcipheko kunye nobungozi besifo kunye nokusebenzisana namaqela eempendulo ezingxamisekileyo.

"Abasemagunyeni bezempilo baphantsi baphanda imeko kwaye balungiselela impendulo enokubakho", utshilo uGqr Francis Kasolo, uMmeli weWorld Health Organisation (WHO) eGhana. "Sisebenza ngokusondeleyo nelizwe ukuqinisa ukubonwa, ukulandelela abafowunelwa, sikulungele ukulawula ukusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane".

Ukuba ziqinisekisiwe, iimeko zaseGhana ziya kuphawula isihlandlo sesibini ukuba iMarburg ifunyenwe eNtshona Afrika. IGuinea iqinisekise ityala elinye kuqhambuko olwabhengezwa ngaphezulu kwe-16 kaSeptemba 2021, kwiiveki ezintlanu emva kokufunyanwa kwetyala lokuqala.

Amazinga aphezulu okufa

Uqhambuko lwangaphambili kunye neemeko ezingaqhelekanga zeMarburg e-Afrika ziye zaxelwa eAngola, kwiDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, eMzantsi Afrika naseUganda.

IMarburg yosulela ebantwini ukusuka kumalulwane eziqhamo kwaye isasazeka phakathi kwabantu ngokudibana ngqo nolwelo lomzimba lwabantu abosulelekileyo, umphezulu kunye nemathiriyeli. Ukugula kuqala ngokukhawuleza, kunye nomkhuhlane ophezulu, intloko ebuhlungu kunye ne-malaise.

Izigulane ezininzi ziba neempawu zokopha kakhulu kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe. Izinga lokufa kwabantu liye lahluka ukusuka kwi-24% ukuya kwi-88% kuqhambuko oludlulileyo ngokuxhomekeke kuxinzelelo lwentsholongwane kunye nolawulo lwemeko.

Nangona kungekho zitofu zokugonya okanye unyango lwe-antiviral oluvunyiweyo ukunyanga intsholongwane, ukhathalelo oluxhasayo - ukubuyisela amanzi emanzini ngomlomo okanye nge-intravenous - kunye nonyango lweempawu ezithile, kuphucula ukusinda. Uluhlu lonyango olunokubakho, kuquka iimveliso zegazi, amayeza omzimba, kunye nonyango lwamachiza.