Amazwe ayisithupha ase-Afrika akhethiwe ukuthi azakhele eyawo imigomo ye-mRNA, kusho iWorld Health Organisation, ngemuva kokuthi izwekazi linqanyulwe kakhulu ukuthola imigomo ye-coronavirus, kubika i-AFP, ecashunwe yi-BGNES. I-Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa kanye neTunisia baqokwe njengabamukeli bokuqala bezobuchwepheshe esikhungweni se-WHO seGlobal MRNA Vaccine Centre emzamweni wokuqinisekisa ukuthi i-Afrika iyakwazi ukuzenzela eyakhe imigomo yokulwa ne-Covid nezinye izifo.
"Awukho omunye umcimbi, njengobhubhane lwe-Covid-19, okhombisile ukuthi ukuthembela ezinkampanini ezimbalwa ukuthi zihlinzeke ngezimpahla zomphakathi emhlabeni wonke kunemikhawulo futhi kuyingozi," kusho isikhulu se-WHO uTheodore Gebreyesus. "Indlela engcono kakhulu yokubhekana nezimo eziphuthumayo zezempilo kanye nokuzuza ukuhlinzekwa kwezempilo emhlabeni wonke ukukhulisa kakhulu amandla azo zonke izifunda ukukhiqiza imikhiqizo yezempilo abayidingayo." AmaHebheru abelokhu ecela ukufinyelela okulinganayo emithini yokugoma futhi ephikisana nendlela amazwe acebile alinganise ngayo imithamo yawo, eshiya i-Afrika ngemuva kwamanye amazwekazi. Umcimbi wokumenyezelwa kokudluliselwa kobuchwepheshe bokugomela i-mRNA uzokwenzeka namuhla eBrussels ngesikhathi sengqungquthela ye-European Union-African Union. UMongameli weKhomishini yaseYurophu u-Ursula von der Leyen uthe: “Sikhulume kakhulu ngokukhiqizwa kwemithi yokugomela i-mRNA e-Afrika. Kodwa kuqhubekela phambili. Ubuchwepheshe be-mRNA obuthuthukiswe e-Afrika, buholwa yi-Afrika futhi buphethwe yi-Afrika. ” Njengamanje, i-1% kuphela yemithi yokugoma esetshenziswa e-Afrika ekhiqizwa ezwenikazi elinabantu ababalelwa ku-1.3 billion. Ngonyaka odlule, i-WHO yasungula isikhungo sokudlulisa i-mRNA emhlabeni wonke eNingizimu Afrika ukuze sisekele abakhiqizi emazweni anemali engenayo ephansi kanye nephakathi nendawo ukuze bakhiqize imithi yabo yokugoma. Iqhaza lesikhungo somhlaba wonke ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abakhiqizi kula mazwe banolwazi lokukhiqiza imithi yokugomela i-mRNA ngezinga elikhulu nangokuhambisana namazinga omhlaba. Isetshenziswa emithini yokugomela i-Pfizer / BioNTech kanye neModerna, ubuchwepheshe be-mRNA buletha impendulo yokuzivikela komzimba ngokuletha ama-molecule ofuzo aqukethe ikhodi yezingxenye ezibalulekile ze-pathogen kumaseli omuntu.
I-Global Centre inamandla okukhulisa amandla okukhiqiza eminye imithi yokugoma kanye nemikhiqizo, njenge-insulin yokwelapha isifo sikashukela, imishanguzo yomdlavuza kanye nokugomela izifo ezifana nomalaleveva, isifo sofuba kanye ne-HIV. Umgomo omkhulu walolu hlelo ukukhulisa amandla okukhiqiza kuzwelonke nakwisifunda sabo bonke ubuchwepheshe bezempilo. I-WHO ithe izosebenzisana namazwe ayisithupha okuqala akhethiwe ukwenza umhlahlandlela wokuqeqesha nokweseka ukuze baqale ukukhiqiza imithi yokugoma ngokushesha okukhulu. Ukuqeqeshwa kuzoqala ngoMashi. UMongameli waseNingizimu Afrika u-Cyril Ramaphosa uthe lesi simemezelo “sisho ukuhloniphana, ukwazisana ngalokho sonke esingakulethela izwe, ukutshalwa kwezimali emnothweni wethu kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali engqalasizinda yezwekazi”. Umongameli waseFrance u-Emmanuel Macron uthe ukwesekwa kobukhosi bezempilo base-Afrika bekungenye yezinjongo eziyinhloko zokwethula umkhiqizo wasekhaya, “ukwenza izifunda namazwe akwazi ukubhekana nawo ngokwawo ngesikhathi sezinkinga nangesikhathi sokuthula”.
Imithamo yokugoma engaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-10.4 inikezwe emhlabeni wonke, futhi cishe u-62% wabantu bomhlaba uthola okungenani umjovo owodwa. Nokho, ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari, bangama-11.3% kuphela abantu base-Afrika asebegonywe ngokugcwele.
