I-European Union ithumela izigidi e-Uganda naseSouth Sudan ukuyolwa ne-Ebola ngenkathi ezokuvakasha zihlala ziphephile

IKenya, i-Uganda, iSouth Sudan, neDemocratic Republic ziqaphile futhi zibhekene nenkinga eqhubekayo. I-Uganda imi njengesibonelo esihle esiqukethe ukusabalala kwegciwane elibulalayo le-Ebola ezindaweni zabo nokugcina izivakashi ziphephile. Okwamanje awekho amacala e-Ebola eKenya. Uhulumeni waseKenya unikeze isibonelelo sika-Sh 350 million ($ 4 million) maqondana nalokhu I-Ebola yaseKenya Ukulungela nokuphendula. Kenya ayithinteki i- Ebola ukuqubuka njengamanje kepha kusengcupheni yokusabalala ngenxa yesimo sayo sobuhlakani njengesikhungo sokuhamba emoyeni nasemhlabeni wonke.

Ezokuvakasha zihlala ziphephile e-Uganda naseKenya, kepha ababambiqhaza bezezimboni kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni bakhathazekile ngemiphumela ye-PR lezi zindaba ezinayo kwabezindaba zomhlaba wonke nasembonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Wonke umuntu ongena e-Uganda esuka eSouth Sudan uzohlolwa i-Ebola.

Umuntu wesibili ogulayo usanda kushona e-Uganda. Isifunda i-East African County siyivalile imihlangano yomphakathi esifundeni esisentshonalanga neKasese njengoba izikhulu zizama ukungenisa leli gciwane futhi zenza imizamo emikhulu yokuvikela izivakashi kuleso sifunda. I-Uganda igome abasebenzi bezempilo abangaba ngu-4,700 150 ezikhungweni ezingaphezu kuka-XNUMX ngomuthi wokuhlola owenzelwe ukubavikela ku-Ebola.

Isisulu sesibili wayeyilungu lomndeni kamufi umfana oneminyaka emihlanu owela umngcele oya e-Uganda onegciwane ngemuva kokuhambela umngcwabo eDRC. Ilungu lesithathu lomndeni selashwa egumbini labagula kakhulu.

Ngenkathi kuqubuka ukuqubuka eDemocratic Republic of Congo, i-EU isimemezele enye imali ephuthumayo engama- € 3.5 million, okuyi- € 2.5 million yayo ingeye-Uganda ne- € 1 million eyenzelwe iSouth Sudan. Iphakethe losizo lizoqinisa ukutholakala okusheshayo nokuphendula emacaleni e-Ebola. Imali yanamuhla iza ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-17 zezigidi ze-EU ekuxhasweni kwe-Ebola kusukela ngo-2018 eDemocratic Republic of Congo kanye nezenzo zokuvimbela nokuzilungiselela e-Uganda, South Sudan, eRwanda naseBurundi.

Christos I-Stylianides, UKhomishani Wezokuphathwa Kwezinhlekelele nokuphathwa kweCrisis nomxhumanisi we-EU Ebola uthe: “Senza konke esingakwenza ukusindisa izimpilo nokuyeka amanye amacala e-Ebola. Namuhla, umsebenzi wethu omkhulu awukona ukusiza iDemocratic Republic of Congo kuphela, kodwa futhi nokusiza amazwe angomakhelwane afana ne-Uganda. Lapha, uxhaso lwethu lusiza ngokubhekwa, lusebenze nemiphakathi yasendaweni, futhi kukhulisa amandla endawo kulawa mazwe ukuthi athathe izinyathelo ezifika ngesikhathi nangempumelelo. Sizibophezele ekuqhubekeni nosizo lwethu ukuqeda lokhu kubheduka, inqobo nje uma kungathatha isikhathi. "

Ngokusebenzisana nabanye abaxhasi bamazwe omhlaba futhi ngokuhambisana nezinhlelo ze-Regional Health Organisation's Regional Strategic Ebola Response and Preparedness Plans, uxhaso lwe-EU lunikela ngezinyathelo ezibandakanya ikakhulu:

• ukuqiniswa kokubhekwa kwezifo ezingeni lomphakathi, izikhungo zezempilo nezindawo zokungena (izindawo zokuwela umngcele);
• ukuqeqeshwa kwamaqembu asabela ngokushesha;
• ukuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi bezempilo kanye nabasebenza phambili emikhakheni yokuthinta othintana nabo, izindlela zokuvimbela ukutheleleka nezokulawula, ukwesekwa kwengqondo, kanye nemingcwabo ephephile nehloniphekile;
• ukwakhiwa kwamakhono endawo ngokunikeza izinsiza zokwelashwa; futhi
• ukuqwashisa umphakathi.

Ochwepheshe bezempilo yezenhlalakahle e-EU eDemocratic Republic of Congo, e-Uganda nasesifundeni bayaxhumana futhi baxhumana nsuku zonke nabaphathi bezempilo kula mazwe, i-World Health Organisation kanye nabalingani abasebenza.

I-EU ibisiza amazwe asezingeni eliphambili selokhu kuqale ukubheduka ngonyaka we-2018, ihlinzeka ngosizo lwezezimali, ochwepheshe, ukusetshenziswa kwensiza yendiza ye-ECHO ukuletha izimpahla futhi isebenze i-EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Ngo-11 kuNhlangulana 2019, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo e-Uganda ukuqinisekisile ukuthi isiguli sokuqala sihlolwe sine-Ebola virus (EVD) esifundeni saseKasese, eningizimu-ntshonalanga nezwe. Ngokunikezwa kwabantu abaningi esifundeni esiphakathi kwe-Ebola- izindawo ezithintekile eDemocratic Republic of Congo kanye nasemazweni angomakhelwane, usongo lokudluliswa kwegciwane le-Ebola emngceleni luye njalo lwahlolwa yiNhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba njengephakeme kakhulu.

Umnyango Wezosizo Lwe-EU kanye noMnyango Wezokuthuthukiswa Kwamazwe Omhlaba wase-United Kingdom njengamanje uqhuba umkhankaso wenhlangano eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Uganda, ngokubamba iqhaza kwengcweti yezempilo yesifunda evela kwi-European Commission.

I-EU iphinde yasekela ngokwezimali ukuthuthukiswa kokugonywa kwe-Ebola kanye nocwaningo mayelana nokwelashwa kwe-Ebola kanye nokuhlolwa kokuxilongwa.