I-Omicron Akufanele Ibe Isimanga

I-UN ibingaxolelwa ngokuthi 'ngikutshelile' ngenkathi kucaca ngoNovemba ukuthi ukwahluka okusakazeka ngokushesha kwe-COVID-19, okuqanjwe ngencwadi yesiGreek ethi Omicron, kwakuyimbangela yokukhathazeka, ebonakala isakazeka ngokushesha kakhulu kune okuhlukile kwe-Delta.

Kepha yize ukwesaba bekuqondakala, ukufika kuka-Omicron bekungafanele kumangaze, uma kunikezwe izexwayiso ezingaguquki ezivela ku-UN zokuthi izinguquko ezintsha bezingenakugwenywa, uma kubhekwa ukwehluleka komphakathi wamazwe omhlaba ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umuntu, hhayi nje izakhamizi ezicebile. amazwe, bayagonywa.

'Ukwehluleka okuyinhlekelele kokuziphatha'

NgoJanuwari, u-António Guterres, uNobhala-Jikelele we-UN, wayesevele ekhala ngesenzo sokuzilimaza "sokugoma", amazwe amaningi engazimisele ukubheka ngale kwemingcele yawo uma kuziwa ekugomeni.

Inhloko yeWorld Health Organisation e-Afrika, uMatshidiso Moeti, ukugxekile “ukugcinwa komgomo”, athe kuzokwelula futhi kubambezele ukululama kwezwekazi: “Kuwubulungiswa obukhulu ukuthi abantu base-Afrika abasengozini enkulu baphoqeleka ukuthi balinde imigomo ngenkathi bephansi. -amaqembu asengozini emazweni acebile enziwa aphephe”.

Ngaso leso sikhathi, i-WHO yayixwayisa ngokwesiprofetho ukuthi uma kuthatha isikhathi eside ukucindezela ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19, bukhulu ubungozi bokuthi izinhlobo ezintsha ezingazweli emithini, ziqhamuke, kanti uTedros wachaza ukusatshalaliswa okungalingani kwemithi yokugoma “njengenhlekelele enkulu.” ukwehluleka ukuziphatha”, wengeza ngokuthi “intengo yalokhu kwehluleka izokhokhwa ngezimpilo kanye nezindlela zokuziphilisa emazweni ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni”.

Njengoba izinyanga zihamba, i-WHO yaqhubeka nokuthumela umyalezo ekhaya. NgoJulayi, lapho kuvela okuhlukile kweDelta, okwaba uhlobo oluhamba phambili lwe-COVID-19, kanye nengqophamlando ebuhlungu yokufa kwabantu abayizigidi ezine okubangelwa yileli gciwane (lokhu kwase kunyukele ezigidini ezinhlanu ezinyangeni ezine nje kamuva), uTedros walibeka icala. ngokuqondile ngokuntuleka kokukhiqizwa nokusatshalaliswa komgomo olinganayo.

I-COVAX: umzamo womlando womhlaba wonke

Emzamweni wokusekela abasengozini enkulu, i-WHO ihole uhlelo lwe-COVAX, okuwumzamo womhlaba wonke oshesha kakhulu, ohlangene kakhulu, noyimpumelelo emlandweni wokulwa nesifo.

Ixhaswe ngamazwe acebile kanye nabaxhasi abazimele, abanyuse imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zamaRandi, i-COVAX yethulwa ezinyangeni zokuqala zalolu bhubhane, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu abahlala emazweni ampofu ngeke basale ngaphandle, lapho imigomo ephumelelayo ifika emakethe.

Ukukhishwa kwemithi yokugoma emazweni asathuthuka ngohlelo lwe-COVAX, kwaqala ngeGhana naseCôte d'Ivoire ngoMashi, kwathi iYemen, izwe elikhungethwe yizimpi enkingeni yezezimali, yathola inqwaba yemithi yokugoma ngoMashi, umzuzwana ochwepheshe bezempilo bachaza. njengomshintshi wegeyimu ekulweni ne-COVID-19. Ngo-Ephreli, amaqoqo emithi yokugoma ayesethunyelwe emazweni angaphezu kwe-100 nge-COVAX.

Kodwa-ke, inkinga yokungalingani kwemijovo isekude ukuxazululeka: i-WHO yamemezela ngomhlaka-14 Septhemba ukuthi imithamo yokugoma engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-5.7 inikezwe emhlabeni jikelele, kodwa ngamaphesenti amabili kuphela aye kwabase-Afrika.

Imfundo, impilo yengqondo, izinsizakalo zokuzala

Kanye nokuthinta ngqo impilo yezigidi zabantu emhlabeni jikelele, lo bhubhane ube nemiphumela eminingi ehlaselayo, kusukela ekwelapheni izifo, imfundo kanye nempilo yengqondo.

Ukuxilongwa nokwelashwa komdlavuza, isibonelo, kwaphazamiseka kakhulu cishe engxenyeni yawo wonke amazwe; abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi baye baphuthelwa ukunakekelwa kwesifo sofuba esibalulekile; ukwanda kokungalingani kwavimbela labo abasemazweni ampofu ukuba bathole izinsiza zengculaza; kanye nezinkonzo zokuzala zanyuselwa izigidi zabesifazane.

Izinhlangano ze-UN zikholelwa ukuthi, eSouth Asia kuphela, ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwezinsizakalo zezempilo ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kungenzeka kuholele ekufeni kwezingane kanye nomama abangaphezulu kuka-239,000 ngonyaka owedlule, kanti eYemen, umthelela oshubile walolu bhubhane uholele ekutheni isimo esiyinhlekelele lapho owesifazane eshona lapho ebeletha njalo ngemva kwamahora amabili.

Umthwalo onzima ezinganeni

Mayelana nempilo yengqondo, unyaka odlule ube nomthelela omkhulu emhlabeni wonke, kodwa inani labantu belinzima kakhulu ezinganeni nakubancane. Inhlangano yezingane ye-UN (UNICEF) yembula ngoMashi ukuthi izingane manje seziphila “okujwayelekile okusha nokuhlanekezelwe”, futhi leyo nqubekelaphambili ihlehle cishe kuzo zonke izinyathelo ezibalulekile zobuntwana.

Izingane emazweni asathuthuka ziye zathinteka ikakhulukazi, amazinga obumpofu bezingane alinganiselwa ukuthi akhuphuke cishe ngamaphesenti angu-15: izingane ezengeziwe eziyizigidi ezingu-140 kulawa mazwe nazo kulindeleke ukuthi zibe semikhayeni ehlala ngaphansi komugqa wobumpofu.

Mayelana nemfundo, imiphumela iye yaba mibi kakhulu. Izingane zesikole eziyizigidi ezingu-168 emhlabeni wonke zaphuthelwa cishe unyaka wamakilasi selokhu kwaqala lolu bhubhane, kanti ezingaphezu kweyodwa kwezintathu, azikwazanga ukufinyelela ekufundeni kude, ngesikhathi kuvalwe izikole.

I-UNICEF iphinde yaphinda umyalezo wayo osuka ku-2020 wokuthi ukuvalwa kwezikole kumele kube yinto yokugcina. Isikhulu sale nhlangano, uHenrietta Fore, uthe ngoJanuwari “ayikho imizamo okufanele yenziwe” ukugcina izingane esikoleni. “Ikhono lezingane lokufunda, ukubhala nokwenza izibalo eziyisisekelo liphazamisekile, namakhono eziwadingayo ukuze zithuthuke emnothweni wekhulu lama-21 anciphile”, esho.

Ngo-Agasti, ngemva kwamaholide Ehlobo, i-UNICEF kanye ne-WHO bakhipha izincomo zokuthi babuyiselwe ekilasini ngokuphephile, okuhlanganisa nokwenza abasebenzi besikole babe ingxenye yezinhlelo zikazwelonke zokugomela i-coronavirus, kanye nokugonywa kwazo zonke izingane ezineminyaka engu-12 nangaphezulu.

I-COVID-19 akuyona 'inhlekelele eyenzeka kanye'

Ngokuhambisana nezingcingo zokuthi kutholakale ukulingana okukhulu kokugoma phakathi nonyaka, i-UN yagcizelela kaningi ukubaluleka kokuklama indlela entsha yokusabela eziwubhubhaneni ezizayo, icaphuna ukwehluleka kwelungelo lobunikazi kokuphendula kwamazwe ngamazwe ku-COVID-19.

Uchungechunge lwemihlangano lwabizwa yi-WHO, ebandakanya ososayensi nabakhi bezinqubomgomo, kwathi ngoMeyi, kwamenyezelwa ukwakhiwa kwesizinda sokulawula ubhubhane eBerlin, okuhloswe ngaso ukuqinisekisa ukulungela okungcono kanye nokubeka izinto obala ekulweni nezinsongo zezempilo zomhlaba ezingase zibe khona.

NgoJulayi, iqembu le-G20 leminotho emikhulu emhlabeni lishicilele umbiko ozimele mayelana nokulungela ubhubhane, owaphetha ngokuthi ukuphepha kwezempilo emhlabeni wonke kuxhaswa ngendlela eyingozi.

Usihlalo wephaneli, usopolitiki waseSingapore uTharman Shanmugaratnam, uphawule ukuthi i-COVID-19 bekungeyona inhlekelele eyenzeka kanye, nokuthi ukushoda kwezimali kusho ukuthi "ngenxa yalokho sisengozini yobhubhane oluthatha isikhathi eside lwe-COVID-19, namagagasi aphindaphindiwe athinta wonke amazwe. , futhi sisengozini yezifo eziwubhadane ezizayo”.

Kodwa-ke, unyaka uphele kumnandi maqondana nokusebenzisana namazwe ngamazwe: emhlanganweni okhethekile ongajwayelekile woMhlangano Wezempilo Womhlaba we-WHO ekupheleni kukaNovemba, amazwe avuma ukwenza isivumelwano esisha somhlaba wonke mayelana nokuvimbela ubhubhane.

Isikhulu se-WHO, uTedros, sivumile ukuthi kusenomthwalo onzima osihlalele kodwa wancoma lesi sivumelwano “njengesizathu sokubungaza, kanye nesizathu sethemba, esizolidinga”.