Iminyaka yokuphila enempilo phakathi kwama-Afrika ahlala emazweni anemali engenayo ephezulu naphakathi nendawo ezwenikazi inyuke cishe cishe iminyaka 10, inhlangano yezempilo ye-UN, i-WHO, kusho ngoLwesine.
IWorld Health Organisation imemezele lezi zindaba ezinhle ngemuva kokuhlola imininingwane yeminyaka yokuphila emazweni angama-47 akha leli gciwane WHO Isifunda sase-Afrika kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2019, njengengxenye yombiko wezwekazi lonke mayelana nenqubekelaphambili ekufinyeleleni kwezempilo kwabo bonke - okubalulekile I-SDG okubhekiswe kukho.
"Lokhu kukhuphuka kukhulu kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo emhlabeni phakathi nenkathi efanayo,” kusho i-WHO, ngaphambi kokuxwayisa ngokuthi umthelela omubi we- Covid-19 ubhubhane lungasongela "lezi zinzuzo ezinkulu".
Unempilo isikhathi eside
Ngokombiko wenhlangano ye-UN, Ukulandelela Ukufakwa Kwezempilo Kumhlaba Wonke Esifundeni Sase-Afrika se-WHO 2022, iminyaka yokuphila kuleli zwekazi iye yanda yaba iminyaka engu-56, uma iqhathaniswa nengu-46 ekuqaleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka.
"Nakuba isengaphansi kwesilinganiso somhlaba wonke sama-64, ngesikhathi esifanayo, iminyaka yokuphila enempilo emhlabeni wonke inyuke ngeminyaka emihlanu kuphela," kuchaza.
Owezwekazi izinkonzo zezempilo kufanele zibongwe “ngokuqhuba” kwazo ukuthuthukisa impilo kanye nokuphila kahle phakathi kwabantu, kusho uDkt Matshidiso Moeti, uMqondisi we-WHO esifundeni sase-Afrika.
Ikakhulukazi, izwekazi lihlomule ngokufinyelela okungcono ezinsizeni zezempilo ezibalulekile - kusuka kumaphesenti angama-24 ngo-2000 kuya kumaphesenti angama-46 ngo-2019 - kanye nezinzuzo zempilo yokuzala, komama, usana nengane.
Izinzuzo zokubhekana nesifo
Inqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo yokulwa nezifo ezithathelwanayo nayo ibe nomthelela ekuphileni isikhathi eside, kusho i-WHO, ikhomba ukwanda okusheshayo kwe-HIV, isifo sofuba, nezindlela zokulawula umalaleveva kusukela ngo-2005.
Naphezu kwalezi zinhlelo ezamukelekayo zokuvimbela nokwelapha izifo ezithathelwanayo, Isikhungo se-UN sixwayise ngokuthi lezi zinzuzo zisuswe ukwenyuka “okumangalisayo” komfutho wegazi ophakeme, isifo sikashukela nezinye izifo ezingathathelani., ngaphezu kokushoda kwezinsiza zezempilo ezibhekiswe kulezi zifo.
“Abantu baphila impilo enempilo, izimpilo ezinde, nezinsongo ezimbalwa zezifo ezithathelwanayo futhi banokufinyelela okungcono ekunakekelweni nasekuvimbeleni izifo,” kusho uDkt Moeti.
“Kodwa inqubekela phambili akumele ime. Ngaphandle uma amazwe ethuthukisa izindlela zokulwa nosongo lomdlavuza nezinye izifo ezingathathelwana, ukuzuza kwezempilo kungaba sengozini.. "
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Ngesikhathi uNonhlanhla, 29, ethola ukuthi ukhulelwe futhi unegciwane lengculazi, washaywa wuvalo, kodwa ngokwelashwa ngezidambisigciwane nokuncelisa ibele ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka, indodana yakhe enezinyanga eziyisithupha, uMpendulo, iphile saka futhi ayinalo igciwane lengculazi.
Ukumelana nosongo lomhlaba olandelayo
Ukuqinisa lezi zinzuzo zezempilo eziyigugu ngokumelene nomthelela omubi we-COVID-19 - "kanye ne-pathogen elandelayo ezayo" - kuzobaluleka, isikhulu se-WHO saphikelela, njengoba inhlangano ye-UN yaphawula ukuthi ngokwesilinganiso, amazwe ase-Afrika abone ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kuzo zonke izinsiza ezibalulekile, uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izifunda.
Sekukonke, ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-90 emazweni angama-36 aphendule ocwaningweni lwe-WHO lwango-2021 abike ukuphazamiseka okukodwa noma ngaphezulu ezinsizeni zezempilo ezibalulekile, nokugonywa, izifo ezinganakiwe kanye nezinsizakalo zokudla okunomsoco ezithinteke kakhulu.
"Kubalulekile ukuthi ohulumeni banyuse imali yezempilo yomphakathi," kugcizelela i-WHO, yengeza ngokuthi ohulumeni abaningi e-Afrika baxhasa ngemali engaphansi kwamaphesenti angama-50 esabelomali sabo sezempilo sikazwelonke, okuholela ezikhaleni ezinkulu zokuxhasa ngemali. "I-Algeria, iBotswana, iCabo Verde, i-Eswatini, iGabon, iSeychelles neNingizimu Afrika kuphela" ixhasa ngaphezu kwengxenye yezindleko zabo zezempilo, kuphawulile.
Esinye sezincomo eziphezulu ze-WHO kubo bonke ohulumeni abafuna ukuthuthukisa ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo ukuthi bakwenze ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali yasekhaya “eyinhlekelele” emithini nokubonisana.
Imindeni echitha ngaphezu kwamaphesenti ayishumi omholo wayo kwezempilo ingena esigabeni “esiyinhlekelele”. Eminyakeni engu-10 edlule, ukusetshenziswa kwemali ephuma ephaketheni kuye kwanyakaza noma kwanda emazweni angu-20 ase-Afrika.
