Ibihugu byemeye gukoresha urukingo rushya rwa malaria rwakozwe na Kaminuza ya Oxford
Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (WHO) ryatangaje ko ryemeje urukingo rwa kabiri rwa malaria rwitwa R21/Matrix-M, rwakozwe na Kaminuza ya Oxford mu Bwongereza, ko ruzatangira gukoreshwa ku mugaragaro mu bihugu bitandukanye bya Afurika. Uru rukingo ruzajya rukoreshwa nk’inyongera ku rukingo rwa mbere rwa RTS,S rumaze igihe gukoreshwa.
Malaria ni indwara ikomeje kuba ikibazo gikomeye cyane ku mugabane wa Afurika, aho igihumbi kirenga 600,000 by’abantu bahitamo buri mwaka, cyane cyane abana bari munsi y’imyaka itanu. Kuba hagezweho urukingo rushya, rufite ubushobozi bwo kurinda neza no kugabanya impfu z’abana, ni intambwe ikomeye mu guhangana n’iyi ndwara.
Urukingo R21/Matrix-M rwakorewe ubushakashatsi bwinshi, rugaragaza ko rufite ubushobozi bwo kurinda malaria ku kigero cya 77% ku bana bato, ibyo bikaba byarushijeho kugaragaza ko ari urukingo rukomeye kurusha rwa RTS,S rwari rwarakozwe mbere. Ibi bizafasha cyane mu guhangana n’iyi ndwara yibasira cyane imiryango ikennye n’uturere tudafite uburyo buhagije bwo kwivuza.
Ku ruhande rwa WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Umuyobozi Mukuru w’iri shyirahamwe, yavuze ko “Kwishyira hamwe kw’isi mu gushaka no gushyigikira ibisubizo bifatika ku ndwara nka malaria bigomba gukomeza kugira ngo twirinde impfu nyinshi zishobora kwirindwa. Uru rukingo rushya ni icyizere gikomeye mu rugamba rwo kurwanya malaria ku mugabane wa Afurika.”
Ibihugu bya Afurika byabanje kwinjira mu igeragezwa ry’uru rukingo ni nka Burkina Faso, Ghana, na Malawi, aho raporo zerekanye ko rufite umutekano n’ingaruka nke ku bazarukoresheje.
