Wani sabon rahoto da Statisense ta wallafa wanda aka samo daga Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO), ya bayyana alƙaluman ƙasashen nahiyar Afrika da suka fi yawan mutane masu ɗauke da cutar ƙanjamau (HIV) a shekarar 2024.
Rahoton ya nuna cewa cutar tana ci gaba da zama babban ƙalubale ga fannin lafiya a yankunan Gabashi da Kudancin Afrika, inda manyan ƙasashe suka mamaye jerin gaba na yawan adadin mutanen da ke rayuwa da cutar.
A ɗaukacin nahiyar Afirka, ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu (South Africa) ce ke kan gaba baki ɗaya da tazara mai yawa, inda ita kaɗai ke ɗauke da kusan mutum miliyan 7.8 masu rayuwa da cutar HIV. Ƙasar Mozambique ce ke biye mata a matsayi na biyu da mutum miliyan 2.4, yayin da ƙasar Najeriya (Nigeria) ta mamaye matsayi na uku a nahiyar baki ɗaya, inda ake kiyasta samun mutum miliyan biyu (2 million) masu ɗauke da cutar.
Sauran ƙasashen da ke cikin jerin guda goma na farko sun haɗa da Tanzania mai mutum miliyan 1.8, Uganda mai mutum miliyan 1.5, sai kuma Zambia mai mutum miliyan 1.4. Ƙasashen Kenya da Zimbabwe sun kasance a matsayi ɗaya inda kowace ke da mutum miliyan 1.3, yayin da ƙasar Malawi ke da mutum 990,000, ita kuwa ƙasar Habasha (Ethiopia) ce ta rufe jerin a matsayi na goma da mutum 600,000.
Masana kiwon lafiya sun jaddada cewa bayyana waɗannan ƙasashe a jerin gaba yana da alaƙa da yawan jama’ar ƙasashen da kuma tsarin gudanar da gwaji domin gano masu ɗauke da cutar.
Hukumomin lafiya na ƙasashen na ci gaba da ƙarfafa gwuiwa wajen samar da magungunan rage ƙarfin cutar (ARVs) kyauta da kuma wayar da kan al’umma domin rage yaɗuwar cutar da kuma kawar da ƙyama ga masu ɗauke da ita.
