Lokhu kwenzeke kulandela isimemezelo seWorld Health Organisation ngoJanuwari 11, 2023, esamemezela ukuthi i-Uganda ikhululekile Ebola ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-42 zilandelana kungekho ukutheleleka okusha kusukela icala lokugcina laqoshwa.
Isitatimende seCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sifundeka kanje: “I-CDC ihlanganyela noHulumeni wase-Uganda kanye nomphakathi wezempilo yomphakathi emhlabeni wonke ekuphawuleni ukuphela kokubhebhetheka kwe-Ebola e-Uganda. Sekudlule izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nambili, noma izikhathi ezi-2 zokufukamela, selokhu kwabikwa icala lokugcina le-Ebola okuphawula ukuphela kwalesi sifo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlolwa kokungenela kanye nokuqashwa kwezempilo yomphakathi kwabahambi abaya e-United States abebese-Uganda ezinsukwini ezingama-21 ezedlule kuzoqala ukusebenza namuhla, ngoLwesithathu, Januwari 11. ”
Ukuqubuka kohlobo lwegciwane laseSudan, oluqale ngoSepthemba, kwashiya abantu abangama-55 beshonile.
E-Uganda, lesi simemezelo senziwe omele i-World Health Organization e-Uganda, uDkt Yonas Tegegn, kanye noDkt. Jane Ruth Aceng, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo e-Uganda, emcimbini owawusesifundeni saseMubende, okuyisizinda sokugqashuka kwesihlanu kwegciwane le-Ebola Sudan. e-Uganda.
U-Aceng uphawule ukuthi izinto ezihamba phambili zokutheleleka ukutheleleka kwasekhaya kanye nemibuthano ezindaweni ezizimele. Izingosi ezi-3 eziphambili zokudlulisela kwaba ukuxhumana ngokomzimba, ukuthintana ngocansi, kanye nokudluliselwa kwe-trans-placental.
"Manje ngiyaqinisekisa ukuthi wonke amaketanga okudlulisela aphazamiseke ngokuphelele," kusho u-Aceng, "futhi ngithatha leli thuba ukusho ukuthi ukuqubuka sekuphelile futhi i-Uganda manje ayisasuleleki nge-Ebola."
Inxusa laseMelika uNatalie E. Brown obehambele lo mcimbi eMeya uGarden Mubende emazwini akhe uthe: “Yeka indlela okujabulisa ngayo ukuba lapha namuhla ukuze ngibone isimemezelo sokuphela kokugqashuka kwe-Ebola. Ukuqina kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule kusishiye sikhathele sonke, kodwa njengoba sibheka emuva kuleso sikhathi, sonke singaziqhenya ngokuzinikela, ukugxila okukodwa, ukubambisana, kanye nemizamo engaphezi esilethe namuhla. Nina enilapha koMubende nathwala kanzima ngokuqhamuka kwalolu bhubhane.
“NgoNovemba, bengilapha no-USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health, u-Atul Gawande, njengoba isaqhubeka imizamo yokunqanda ukubheduka kwalesi sifo. Kuyafaneleka ukuthi sibuyele lapha namuhla ukuzobungaza ukuphela kwayo. Ngibonga abantu bakwaMubende kanye nezikhulu zohulumeni basekhaya ngokwamukela kwenu okufudumele.
“I-Uganda ibihamba phambili kwezokuphepha kwezempilo emhlabeni wonke kule minyaka engu-25 edlule. Umthamo omangalisayo owakhiwe ezweni wokuvikela, ukuhlonza, kanye nokubhekana nokuqubuka kwezifo ube nesandla ekulweni ne-COVID-19 futhi ube nesandla kule mpi yokulwa ne-Sudan Ebola Virus.” Uphinde wancoma abantu base-Uganda ngokuzinikela kwabo, ukuqina kwabo, nokuzinikela kwabo.
Kusho uDkt. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, uMqondisi-Jikelele we-World Health Organization (WHO) esitatimendeni esisakazwa kumabonakude:
“Ngihalalisela i-Uganda ngempendulo yayo eqinile nephelele eholele ekunqobeni kwanamuhla i-Ebola.”
Abavakashi abaningana manje base benethemba ngemuva kwamabhizinisi ngesikhathi kususwa ukuvalwa kweminyaka emibili ngonyaka owedlule ngemuva komqedazwe we-COVID-2 owawumise imikhakha ukuze i-Ebola igadle.
"Ngincoma uHulumeni wase-Uganda, abasebenzi bezempilo bendawo, kanye nabalingani bezempilo yomphakathi emhlabeni wonke abasebenze ukuqeda ukuqubuka kwe-Ebola ezweni," kusho uMqondisi we-CDC u-Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH. “Ngifuna nokubonga abasebenzi be-CDC abaphambili e-Uganda nasemhlabeni jikelele abasebenze amahora amaningi ukusheshisa ukuqeda lesi sifo.
“Sizwelana kakhulu nabantu abashonelwe yizihlobo zabo ngenxa yalesi sifo. I-CDC isalokhu izibophezele ekusebenzisaneni noMnyango Wezempilo wase-Uganda ekusekeleni izinhlelo zabasindile kanye nokusiza ekuqiniseni ukulungela nokusabela emhlabeni wonke okungavimbela noma ukucisha ukuqubuka kwe-Ebola esikhathini esizayo.”
I-CDC izoqhubeka nokusekela uMnyango Wezempilo wase-Uganda ngokuqhubeka nokugada, ukuvimbela nokulawula ukutheleleka, kanye nemisebenzi yokusabela ukuze isize ukuqinisekisa ukutholakala nokusabela ngokushesha kunoma yiziphi izimo nokuqubuka kwezifo ezizayo.
Ngesikhathi sokushicilela iMishini yase-US yayingakayibuyekeza Ukwelulekwa Kokuvakasha e-Uganda.
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