Ukugoma: I-80% -97% ye-Afrika isenkingeni kanjalo nezokuvakasha

1. I-Afrika isilungiselela umuthi wokugoma i-COVID-19
2. Umuthi wokugomela we-AstraZeneca / Oxford AZD1222 uqaliswa e-Afrika
3. Amanani okuqala ayizigidi ezingama-90 kepha ama-3% kuphela wabantu base-Afrika
4. Kuphela ngama-20% e-Afrika okulindeleke ukuthi agonywe ngo-2021

I-WHO ikubeka njengezindaba ezinhle, empeleni, i-Afrika ibonakala ithola induku emfushane uma kuziwa ekutholeni umuthi wokugoma we-Coronavirus.

Okhulumela i I-African Tourism Board ucabanga ukuthi lezi yizindaba ezimbi ezwenikazi kanye nezindaba ezimbi kakhulu emnothweni wezokuvakasha kulo nyaka.

UMatshidiso Moeti, uMqondisi Wesifunda se-WHO e-Afrika, uveze ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwalaba “isinyathelo sokuqala esibucayi” sokuqinisekisa ukutholakala kwamazwe emishanguzweni. 

“I-Afrika ibuke ezinye izifunda ziqala imikhankaso yokugoma i-COVID-19 kusuka ezinhlangothini isikhathi eside. Lokhu kuqaliswa okuhleliwe kuyisinyathelo sokuqala esibucayi sokuqinisekisa ukuthi izwekazi lithola ukufinyelela ngokulinganayo emithini yokugoma ”, kusho uDkt Moeti. 

Ukukhishwa komuthi wokugoma i-AstraZeneca / Oxford AZD1222 kungaphansi komuthi wokugoma obhalwe ohlwini lokusetshenziswa okuphuthumayo yi-WHO, njengamanje ebukeza umuthi wokugoma futhi umphumela kulindeleke ukuthi usheshe, ngokusho kwale nhlangano. 

Ngenkathi yokwanda kwesidingo semithi yokugoma i-COVID-19, ukuthunyelwa kokugcina kuzosuselwa kumandla okukhiqiza abakhiqizi bemithi yokugoma kanye nokulungela kwamazwe, i-WHO yanezela, iqaphela ukuthi amazwe abemukelayo kudingeka ukuthi bahambise izinhlelo zokuphaka nokugoma eziphothuliwe zikazwelonke zokuthola imishanguzo evela ku-COVAX indawo. 

Imithamo yokuqala eyizigidi ezingama-90 izokweseka amazwe ukuthi athelele amaphesenti ama-3 wabantu base-Afrika abadinga ukuvikelwa, kubandakanya abasebenzi bezempilo namanye amaqembu asengozini engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2021. 

Njengoba amandla okukhiqiza enyuka nemithi yokugoma eminingi itholakala inhloso ukugoma okungenani amaphesenti angama-20 abantu base-Afrika ngokunikela ngemithamo efinyelela ezigidini ezingama-600 ekupheleni kuka-2021. 

'Qeda ukulungela' 

UDkt Moeti uphinde wathi lesi simemezelo sivumela amazwe ase-Afrika ukuthi ahlele kahle uhlelo lwawo lwemikhankaso ye-COVID-19 futhi acele amazwe ukuthi aphothule izinhlelo zawo zokugoma. 

“Sinxusa amazwe ase-Afrika ukuthi aqinise ukulungela kwawo futhi aqedele izinhlelo zawo zikazwelonke zokuhambisa imishanguzo. Izinqubo ezilawulayo, amasistimu obandayo namasu okusabalalisa kumele abekhona ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi imithi yokugoma isheshiswa ngokuphepha kusuka emachwebeni okungena kuwo kuze kudilivwe ”, engeza. 

"Asikwazi ukukhokhela isilinganiso esisodwa." 

Imithamo eyengeziwe 

Ukugcwalisa imizamo ye-COVAX, i-African Union ithole imithamo yokugoma eyizigidi ezingama-670 kuleli zwekazi ezosatshalaliswa ngo-2021 nango-2022 njengoba amazwe ethola imali eyanele, ngokusho kwe-WHO. 

Ngaphezu kwalokho, cishe imithamo engaba ngu-320,000 yomuthi wokugoma iPfizer-BioNTech, osuvele usuthole Ukusetshenziswa Okuphuthumayo kwe-WHO, yabelwe amazwe amane ase-Afrika - iCabo Verde, iRwanda, iNingizimu Afrika, neTunisia - enesitolo esinamandla futhi esabalalisa amanani amancane. 70 degrees Celsius, kusho le nhlangano. 

Isikhungo se-COVAX 

I-COVAX Global Vaccines Facility iyinsika yokugoma ye-ACT-Accelerator, okuyisinyathelo esethulwe ngo-Ephreli 2020 sokusheshisa ukwakhiwa kwemithi yokwelapha i-COVID-19 futhi iyenze itholakale kubantu yonke indawo. 

Isinyathelo somhlaba wonke siholwa yi-WHO; UGavi Umanyano Wokugoma; kanye neThe Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Isebenza ukuqinisekisa amazwe amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ukuthi ayabambisana ekuthuthukiseni, ekuthengeni nasekuhlinzekweni kwanoma yimiphi imithi yokugoma ye-COVID-19. 

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