Ubomi obunempilo phakathi kwama-Afrika ahlala kumazwe anengeniso ephakathi nophezulu kwilizwekazi lonyuke phantse phantse iminyaka 10, i-arhente yezempilo ye-UN, WHO, watsho ngolwesine.
UMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi ubhengeze iindaba ezilungileyo emva kokuvavanya idatha yeminyaka ephilwa ngumntu phakathi kwamazwe angama-47 abumba eli lizwe WHO Ummandla wase-Afrika ukusuka kwi-2000 ukuya kwi-2019, njengenxalenye yengxelo yelizwekazi ngokubanzi kwinkqubela phambili yokufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo kubo bonke - isitshixo SDG ekujoliswe kuko.
"Oku kunyuka kukhulu kunawo nawuphi na omnye ummandla wehlabathi ngexesha elinye,” yatsho i-WHO, phambi kokulumkisa ukuba ifuthe elibi le Covid-19 ubhubhane unokusongela "ezi nzuzo zikhulu".
Usempilweni ixesha elide
Ngokwengxelo ye-arhente ye-UN, Ukulandelela uKhuseleko lweMpilo kwi-WHO kwiNgingqi yaseAfrika ngo-2022, iminyaka yokuphila kweli lizwekazi iye yanda yaya kutsho kwiminyaka engama-56, xa ithelekiswa neyama-46 ekuqaleni kwale nkulungwane.
"Ngelixa ingaphantsi komndilili wehlabathi wama-64, kwangelo xesha linye, ixesha lokuphila elisempilweni linyuke ngeminyaka emihlanu kuphela," icacisile.
Yelizwekazi Abaphathiswa bezempilo kufuneka banikwe "ukuqhuba" kwabo ukuphucula impilo kunye nempilo entle phakathi kwabemi, utshilo uGqr Matshidiso Moeti, uMlawuli weNgingqi we-WHO e-Afrika.
Ngokukodwa, ilizwekazi lixhamle ekufikeleleni ngcono kwiinkonzo zempilo ezibalulekileyo - ukusuka kwi-24 pesenti ngo-2000 ukuya kuma-46 epesenti ngo-2019 - kunye neenzuzo kwimpilo yokuzala, umama, usana olusanda kuzalwa kunye nomntwana.
Iinzuzo zokujongana nesifo
Inkqubela phambili ebonakalayo ngokuchasene nezifo ezosulelayo ikwafak’ isandla ekuphileni ixesha elide, yatsho iWHO, isalatha ekunyukeni ngokukhawuleza kweHIV, isifo sephepha, kunye neendlela zokulawula isifo seengcongconi ukususela ngowama-2005.
Ngaphandle kwala manyathelo amkelekileyo okuthintela kunye nokunyanga izifo ezosulelayo, I-arhente ye-UN ilumkise ukuba ezi nzuzo ziye zahlaziywa ngokunyuka "okumangalisayo" kwi-hypertension, isifo seswekile kunye nezinye izifo ezingasuleliyo., ngaphezu kokungabikho kweenkonzo zempilo ezijolise kwezi zifo.
“Abantu baphila ubomi obusempilweni, ubomi obude, kunye nezoyikiso ezimbalwa zezifo ezosulelayo kunye nokufikelela ngcono kwiinkonzo zokhathalelo kunye nothintelo lwezifo,” utshilo uGqr Moeti.
“Kodwa inkqubela akufunekanga ime. Ngaphandle kokuba amazwe aphucula amanyathelo achasene nesoyikiso somhlaza kunye nezinye izifo ezingosuleliyo, iinzuzo zempilo zinokuba semngciphekweni.. "
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Wathi uNonhlanhla oneminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithoba ubudala wafumanisa ukuba ukhulelwe kwaye unentsholongwane kaGawulayo, woyika, kodwa ngenxa yonyango lwe-antiretroviral kunye nokuncancisa okungaphazanyiswa, unyana wakhe oneenyanga ezintandathu ubudala, uMpendulo, usempilweni kwaye akanayo i-HIV.
Ukuxhathisa isoyikiso esilandelayo sehlabathi
Ukuvala ezi nzuzo zempilo zixabisekileyo ngokuchasene nefuthe elibi le-COVID-19 - "kunye ne-pathogen elandelayo ezayo" - iya kubaluleka, igosa le-WHO lanyanzelisa, njengoko i-arhente ye-UN iphawule ukuba ngokomndilili, amazwe ase-Afrika abone ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kuzo zonke iinkonzo ezibalulekileyo. xa kuthelekiswa neminye imimandla.
Lilonke, ngaphezu kweepesenti ze-90 kumazwe angama-36 aphendule kwi-survey ye-WHO ye-2021 ibike ukuphazamiseka okukodwa okanye ngaphezulu kwiinkonzo zempilo ezibalulekileyo, kunye nokugonywa, izifo zetropiki ezingahoywayo kunye neenkonzo zesondlo ezichaphazelekayo kakhulu.
“Kubalulekile ukuba oorhulumente banyuse inkxaso-mali yezempilo yoluntu,” yanyanzelisa i-WHO, yongeza ngelithi oorhulumente abaninzi e-Afrika baxhasa ngemali engaphantsi kweepesenti ezingama-50 kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwezempilo lwesizwe, okukhokelela kwizikhewu ezinkulu zenkxaso-mali. "Kuphela iAlgeria, iBotswana, iCabo Verde, i-Eswatini, iGabon, iSeychelles kunye noMzantsi Afrika" ixhasa ngaphezu kwesiqingatha senkcitho yezempilo, yaphawula.
Esinye sezindululo eziphezulu ze-WHO kubo bonke oorhulumente abajonge ukonyusa ufikelelo kukhathalelo lwempilo kukuba benze njalo ukunciphisa inkcitho yekhaya “eyintlekele” kumayeza kunye nokubonisana.
Amakhaya achitha ngaphezulu kwe-10 lepesenti yomvuzo wawo kwimpilo awela kudidi "lwentlekele". Kwiminyaka engama-20 edluleyo, inkcitho ephuma epokothweni iye yema okanye yanda kumazwe ali-15 aseAfrika.
