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INingizimu Afrika ithi amazwe ase-Afrika kumele atshale imali yawo eningi ezinhlelweni ze-HIV njengoba uxhaso oluvela kubaxhasi bamazwe ngamazwe luqhubeka nokwehla.
Iphilisi elisha lokuvimbela i-HIV elithathwa kanye ngenyanga libonakala lithembisa, kodwa lisahlolwa futhi alikakwazi ukusetshenziswa ngumphakathi.
INingizimu Afrika inenkinga enkulu kakhulu ye-HIV emhlabeni.
Abantu abangaba yizigidi ezingu-8.2 ezweni baphila ne-HIV, ngokusho kwe-UNAIDS.
Njalo ngonyaka, izinkulungwane zabantu zithola igciwane, okwenza ukuvimbela kube ngenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu kwezempilo ezweni.
IPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezempilo uDkt Joe Phaahla lithi amazwe ase-Afrika awakwazi ukuqhubeka nokuthembela kakhulu kubaxhasi bangaphandle ukuze kuxhaswe umzamo wokulwa ne-HIV.
Ekhuluma engqungqutheleni ka-26 yamazwe ngamazwe ye-AIDS eRio de Janeiro, eBrazil, uPhaahla uthe amazwe kumele aqale ukukhokhela izinhlelo zawo eziningi ze-HIV.
Le ngqungquthela ihlanganise ochwepheshe bezempilo, ohulumeni kanye nabacwaningi abavela emhlabeni wonke ukuze kuxoxwe ngendlela yokuqeda i-HIV njengosongo empilweni yomphakathi.
Abammele amazwe babheke izindlela zokuthola uxhaso olungcono, ukutholakala kalula kokwelashwa kanye nezindlela ezintsha zokuvimbela ukutheleleka nge-HIV.
UPhaahla uthe ukuncishiswa koxhaso oluvela kubaxhasi bamazwe ngamazwe kwenze kwacaca ukuthi amazwe ase-Afrika kumele azimele ngokwengeziwe.
Uthe iNingizimu Afrika kumele ihlale iyingxenye yalezi zingxoxo zomhlaba wonke ngoba inesibalo esikhulu kakhulu sabantu abaphila ne-HIV emhlabeni.
Enye yezinto ezikhulunywa kakhulu kule ngqungquthela umuthi omusha wokuvimbela i-HIV obizwa nge-alimatravir.
Ngokungafani nephilisi lokuvimbela i-HIV elithathwa nsuku zonke elitholakala eNingizimu Afrika njengamanje, i-alimatravir yakhelwe ukuthi ithathwe kanye kuphela ngenyanga.
Lo muthi waziwa ngokuthi yi-pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
I-PrEP isetshenziswa ngabantu abangenayo i-HIV kodwa abafuna ukuzivikela ekuthelelekeni ngayo.
Leli philisi elisha elithathwa kanye ngenyanga lingenza kube lula kubantu abaningi abakuthola kunzima ukukhumbula ukuthatha iphilisi nsuku zonke.
Nokho, ochwepheshe bezempilo bathi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika akumele balindele ukuthola lo muthi okwamanje.
Usahlolwa ezivivinyweni ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi uphephile futhi usebenza kahle. Ngaphambi kokuba isetshenziswe eNingizimu Afrika, kumele iqale igunyazwe yi-South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA).
I-Aspen Pharmacare isayine isivumelwano nenkampani yezemithi yase-United States, i-MSD, sokukhiqiza nokusabalalisa lo muthi kulo lonke elase-Afrika uma usugunyaziwe.
Ukukhiqizwa kwalo muthi e-Afrika kungathuthukisa ukutholakala kwawo futhi kusize abantu ukuba bawuthole ngokushesha uma iziphathimandla seziwunike imvume.
Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, izikhulu zezempilo zithi abantu kufanele baqhubeke nokusebenzisa izindlela zokuvimbela i-HIV esezisebenza njengamanje.
Lokhu kufaka phakathi amaphilisi e-PrEP nsuku zonke, amakhondomu, ukuhlolwa njalo kwe-HIV, ukwelashwa ngemuva kokutheleleka okungenzeka kanye nokusoka kwabesilisa ngokuzithandela.
Ochwepheshe bezempilo bathi ukunikeza abantu izinketho eziningi zokuvimbela kubalulekile ngoba indlela eyodwa ayifanele wonke umuntu.
Abanye abantu bangase bathole iphilisi lenyanga lilula kakhulu ukulisebenzisa kunokuthatha imithi nsuku zonke.
Izinto ezine ezibalulekile okufanele uzazi ngomuthi omusha wokuvimbela i-HIV
- Wenzelwe ukuthathwa kanye ngenyanga esikhundleni sansuku zonke.
- Usahlolwa futhi awukavunyelwa ukusetshenziswa eNingizimu Afrika.
- Wenzelwe ukuvimbela i-HIV kubantu abangenalo igciwane.
- I-Aspen Pharmacare ihlela ukuyikhiqiza nokuyisabalalisa e-Afrika uma abalawuli bezempilo beyivuma.
Esithombeni esingenhla: IPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezempilo uDkt. Joe Phaahla lithi i-Afrika kumele izimele kakhulu ekuxhaseni izinhlelo ze-HIV njengoba kusungulwa imithi emisha yokuvimbela ethembisayo.
Umthombo wesithombe: GCIS