KIWON LAFIYA: Cutar Kanjamau (HIV/AIDS)
Rahoto na musamman kan yaduwar cutar da illolinta ga lafiyar jama’a
Cutar Kanjamau (AIDS), ko kuma Karya Garkuwar Jiki, wata cuta ce mai matukar hatsari da ke raunana tsarin kariya na jikin dan Adam. Kwayar cutar HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) ce ke haddasa wannan matsala, wadda ke karya garkuwar jiki har sai jiki ya kasa kare kansa daga sauran cututtuka.
An fara gano cutar a birnin San Francisco, Amurka, a shekarar 1983. Tun daga wancan lokaci zuwa yau, cutar ta yadu sosai a kasashen duniya, musamman a nahiyar Afrika. A cewar rahotanni, kimanin mutane miliyan biyu ne ke dauke da cutar a Afrika, kuma tana iya zama a jikin mutum na tsawon shekaru har goma ba tare da ta bayyana ba.
Cutar HIV/AIDS na yaduwa ne ta hanyoyi kamar:
A kasashe irin su South Africa, Zimbabwe da Najeriya, cutar na yaduwa cikin sauri. Alkaluma daga shekarar 1986 zuwa 1998 sun nuna karuwar yawan wadanda suka kamu da cutar a Najeriya:
Shekara | Sabbin Kamuwa | Jimlar Masu Dauke da Cutar |
---|---|---|
1986 | 2 | 2 |
1990 | 163 | 212 |
1994 | 908 | 2,372 |
1998 | 4,929 | 29,266 |
An lura cewa matasa daga shekaru 20 zuwa 24 ne suka fi kamuwa da cutar. Bincike ya nuna cewa cutar na fi yaduwa a tsakanin masu shekaru 15 zuwa 49, musamman a yankunan kudu maso kudu da kudu maso gabas na Najeriya.
Yanki | Kashi (%) na Kamuwa |
---|---|
Kudu maso kudu | 5.2% |
Kudu maso gabas | 5.2% |
Arewa maso gabas | 4.5% |
Arewa maso yamma | 3.2% |
Kudu maso yamma | 3.5% |
Masana kiwon lafiya na jan hankalin jama’a da su guji:
Ana kuma shawartar jama’a da su daina yanke dankanoman gaba daya don gujewa zubar jini mai tsanani wanda zai iya jawo mutuwa.
Cutar HIV/AIDS ba sabon abu ba ne, kuma tana da matukar hatsari ga lafiyar jama’a. Yin rigakafi da bin matakan kariya na iya dakile yaduwar cutar. Akwai magunguna masu taimakawa masu dauke da cutar su rayu lafiya da jure ciwukan da ka iya biyo baya. Shawara mafi mahimmanci ita ce: a kai ziyara asibiti don gwaji da shawarar likita.
Wannan rahoto ya dogara ne da bayanan masana lafiya da kididdigar hukumomin lafiya na kasa da kasa.
Idan kana da tambaya ko shakku game da cutar HIV/AIDS, tuntubi cibiyar lafiya mafi kusa.