A ranar 28 ga watan Janairu, Chinonso Egemba, kwararre a fannin likitancin Najeriya da aka fi sani da Aproko Doctor, ya yi ikirarin cewa Najeriya ce kasa ta biyu a duniya a yawan mutanen da ke dauke da kwayar cutar kanjamau (HIV).
Aproko Doctor ya raba wannan ikirari a hannunsa na X, wanda ke da mabiya kusan miliyan 2.3, a matsayin martani ga shawarar shugaban Amurka Donald Trump na dakatar da bayar da tallafin maganin cutar kanjamau a kasashe masu tasowa a matsayin wani bangare na zartarwa kan taimakon kasashen waje.
Biyo bayan umarnin zartarwa na Trump, Ma’aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ta dakatar da bayar da kudade daga shirin gaggawa na shugaban kasa na agajin AIDS (PEPFAR).
A cewar Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO), PEPFAR tana ba da maganin cutar kanjamau ga mutane sama da miliyan 20 da ke dauke da cutar a duniya, ciki har da yara 566,000 ‘yan kasa da shekaru 15.
A cikin sakon, likitan likitan ya bayyana yadda dakatar da tallafin cutar kanjamau daga gwamnatin Amurka zai yi illa ga samun magungunan rigakafin cutar.
Lokacin da aka kalubalanci Aproko Doctor game da tushen bayanansa, ya raba hoton hoton labarin da aka buga a gidan yanar gizon Asusun Yara na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNICEF).
“Najeriya ce kasa ta biyu a duniya a yawan masu dauke da cutar kanjamau,” Aproko Doctor ya rubuta.
A cikin labarin da aka buga a shekarar 2018, UNICEF ta bayyana cewa Najeriya na da masu kamuwa da cutar kanjamau 190,950 a kowace shekara – wadda ita ce kasa ta biyu mafi girma a duniya. Kungiyar ta duniya ta ce Najeriya ce kasa ta biyu a duniya wajen kamuwa da cutar kanjamau, inda aka kiyasta kimanin mutane miliyan uku ne ke dauke da cutar kanjamau. Labarin ya nuna cewa an samo bayanan da UNICEF ta bayar tun daga shekarar 2015.
Yana da kyau a lura cewa bayanai kan nauyin kwayar cutar sun bambanta da bayanan wadanda ke dauke da ita. Nauyin cutar kanjamau ya kunshi tasirin kwayar cutar baki daya, gami da adadin mutanen da ke dauke da kwayar cutar, adadin sabbin kamuwa da cutar, da mace-macen da kwayar cutar ke yi, da sauransu.
TABBATARWA
Don tabbatar da da’awar, CableCheck ya bincika dashboard ɗin leƙen asirin ƙasar na WHO. Ya zuwa shekarar 2023, dashboard din yana nuna bayanai kan mutanen da ke dauke da kwayar cutar HIV a akalla kasashe 134.
Alkaluman sun nuna cewa Afirka ta Kudu ce ta fi kowacce yawan masu dauke da cutar kanjamau, inda ta ke da mutane miliyan 7.7, sai Indiya mai mutane miliyan 2.5, sai Mozambique mai miliyan 2.4, sai Najeriya a matsayi na hudu da miliyan 2.
| Country | Number of Persons Living With HIV |
| South African | 7,700,000 |
| India | 2,500,000 |
| Mozambique | 2,400,000 |
| Nigeria | 2,000,000 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1,700,000 |
| Uganda | 1,500,000 |
| Kenya | 1,400,000 |
| Zambia | 1,300,000 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,300,000 |
| Brazil | 1,000,000 |
Teburin da ke nuna manyan ƙasashe 10 da ke da mafi yawan adadin mutanen da ke ɗauke da HIV. Asali: WHO
Bayanai na nuna cewa Najeriya ce kasa ta hudu a yawan masu dauke da cutar kanjamau a duniya kuma ta uku a Afirka.
A cikin wani rahoto da hukumar ta WHO ta fitar a watan Yulin 2024, kimanin mutane miliyan 39.9 ne ke dauke da cutar kanjamau a karshen shekarar 2023. Rahoton bai bayar da cikakken bayani a kowace kasa ba. Sai dai kuma, kimanin mutane miliyan 26 ne ke dauke da kwayar cutar a Afirka.
HUKUNCI
Maganar cewa Najeriya ce ta biyu a yawan masu dauke da cutar kanjamau a duniya ba gaskiya ba ne. Bayanai na baya-bayan nan daga WHO sun nuna akasin haka.
