Naphezu Kokufa Okumbalwa, Amanani Ahlala Alarming
Lapho isifo se- AIDS sakhula eminyakeni engama-35-ngaphezu kweminyaka edlule, iningi lalowo wonke umuntu wafa ngesifo esithinta i-AIDS ngokushesha ngemuva kokuthola isifo. Ngokujabulisayo, lokho akusasekho. Kodwa kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba, abantu basaphila ngamanani amahle kakhulu.
Ngalokho kuthiwa, inani lokufa liphansi kunazozonke kusukela ngo-2004. Ukukhulisa ukufinyelela kwe- antiretroviral therapy kanye nokuxilongwa kwangaphambili kuye kwasiza ukuguqula amazinga emazweni amaningi aphezulu, kufaka phakathi okunye okunzima kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika .
Njengokuqapha kwamuva kusuka ohlelweni lweZizwe Ezihlangene mayelana neHIV / AIDS (UNAIDS) , kulinganiselwa ukuthi kunezigidi ezingu-36.8 zabantu abaphila ne-HIV emhlabeni namuhla. Kulezi zinsuku, cishe izigidi ezimbili zisanda kutholakala negciwane phakathi nonyaka.
Inani lezifo ezihlobene ne-AIDS , okwamanje, lalinganiselwa ku-1.1 million-isibalo sokuthi, ngenkathi sithuthukile kakhulu kusukela eminyakeni eyedlule, kufanele sisabhekwe njengesabekayo futhi engamukeleki.
Ngokwesibonelo, cabangela ukuthi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abangaba ngu- 400 bafa ngukugula okuhlobene ne-AIDS usuku ngalunye naphezu kwemizamo emihle kahulumeni yokuthola izakhamizi zihlolwe futhi ziphathwe.
Ungacabanga ukuthi kuzokwenzekani uma kukhona isifo esithathelwanayo eMelika esabangela ukufa kwabangu-140 000 ngonyaka? Ngisho nalapho ukuphakama kwalesi sifo eminyakeni yama-1980 nangama-1990, asizange sifike kulezi zinombolo e-US, kanti iNingizimu Afrika inabantu abangaphansi kuka-1/6.
I-AIDS Izibalo Zokufa
Nazi izibalo zakamuva ezibikezelwe yi-UNAIDS:
- Ukufa kwabantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.1 ngonyaka ka-2016 kubangele ukufa kwabantu abayizigidi ezingu-39 ezivela emhlabeni wonke kusukela ekuqalisweni kwesifo. Ngenkathi iphezulu, inani labantu ababulawa yingculazi namanje liyi-42% lalo libuyele ngo-2004.
- Isifo sesifo sofuba sisona siyisizathu esiyinhloko sokufa kubantu abane-HIV, okubhekiselwe kuzo zonke izifo ezihlobene ne-AIDS. Ama-akhawunti e-Afrika eningi labantu ababulawa yi-TB.
- Kwafa abantu abangu-790 000 e-Afrika engaphansi kweSahara, okuyingxenye yesigamu salokho okwakuyi-2004.
- Kubikwe abantu abangaba ngu-240 000 e-Asia nasePacific, ukwehla kwe-11% kusukela ngo-2014.
- Kwafa abantu abangu-41 000 eLatin America, kuyilapho amaCaribbean enza amanye angu-8 000.
- EMpumalanga Yurophu nase-Asia Ephakathi kwakuyizifunda ezimbili lapho izinga lokufa landa kusukela ngo-2004 kuya ku-2014, cishe lihamba ngokulingana nalolo ngayizi ngenxa yamanani aphakeme okusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa esifundeni. Ukufa ngo-2014 kwaba ngaphezu kuka-62,000.
- Phakathi naleso sikhathi, eNyakatho Melika naseYurophu naseNtshonalanga Yurophu kwaba nokufa kwabantu abangu-26 000 nge-AIDS. Ngokudabukisayo, i- United States yayimele ingxenye yalezi (13,712) futhi inehlukaniso olubi lokuba yizwe elinesandulela-ngculaza esiphakeme esifundeni. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwalesi sifo, i-US iye yaba nabantu abangaphezu kuka-658,000 ababulawa yi-HIV / AIDS.
Ngalokhu konke okushiwo, sekuye kwaba nokufa kwabantu ababalelwa ku-45% kusukela ngo-2005, ngenxa yokuthi abantu abayizigidi ezingu-17 emhlabeni jikelele banqunywe ukwelashwa kwama-antiretroviral. Njengoba amazinga okufa aqhubeka nokuhla phakathi kwabantu abaphila negciwane lesandulela ngculaza, ngakho-ke yenza ezinye izibalo ezibalulekile:
- Emhlabeni wonke, ukutheleleka kwe-HIV okusha kwehle ngo-6% kusukela ngo-2010.
- Ukutheleleka okusha kwegciwane lesandulela ngculazi phakathi kwezingane kuye kwehla ngamaphesenti angu-50, ngenxa yokudluliselwa kokudluliselwa komama nomntwana kuma-77% omama abane-HIV.
- Ukufa kwesifo sofuba, isisusa esiholela ekufeni kwabantu abaphila negciwane lesandulela ngculazi emhlabeni wonke, sehlele ngamaphesenti angu-32 kusukela ngo-2004.
Imithombo
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UNAIDS. "INingizimu Afrika | Iphepha le-UNAIDS." I-Geneva, eSwitzerland; ifinyelelwe ngoDisemba 8, 2015.
Amasevisi aseMelika okuLawula nokuvimbela izifo (CDC). "I-HIV e-United States: Nge-Glance." I-Atlanta, Georgia; ifinyelelwe ngoDisemba 15, 2015.