I-UNICEF ngokumelene ne-COVID-19 nezinye izifo

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I-UNICEF ngokumelene ne-COVID-19 nezinye izifo

By Ukuphila okuphuthumayo On Kwangathi 5, 2020

I-UNICEF iveze ukuthi amazwe ampofu kakhulu ahlushwa ezinye izifo. I-COVID-19 ayesabeki kangako kubantu ababehlala belwa ne-HIV noma i-Ebola.

Umsebenzi we-UNICEF wokulwa ne-COVID-19 nezinye izifo

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-70 sisebenza ukuthuthukisa izimpilo zezingane nemindeni yazo. Umsebenzi wethu wenziwe wenzeka ngenethiwekhi eqinile yabasebenzi abanamakhono nabazinikele abandakanya odokotela, odokotela, ochwepheshe bezokuxhumana kanye nochwepheshe bezokuxhumana.

Njengoba ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke lwe-COVID-19 luqala, sibheka emuva emlandweni we-UNICEF wokuphendula ezingozini zezempilo emhlabeni wonke futhi sibheke phambili ukululama kulokhu.

Ukuvimbela izifo

Selokhu yaqala, i-UNICEF ibiphambili ekuvinjelweni kwezifo futhi iguqula impilo yezingane. Ngokusebenzisana kakhulu nabalingani abanjengoWorld Health Organisation (WHO), sikubonile ukuqedwa kwengxibongo nokuqedwa kwepoliyo okuseduze. Kusukela ngo-1988, isibalo sezingane ezithintwe yipoliyo sehle ngamaphesenti angama-99.

Namuhla, ezinye zezifundo ezifanayo esizifunde ekulandeleleni ukuxhumana emiphakathini ziyasetshenziswa ukufinyelela ezinganeni ezisengozini kanye nemindeni yazo kwezinye izingxenye ezikude zomhlaba.

Ngeminyaka yama-1980 i-UNICEF yahola inguquko yokusinda kwengane - ukusukela ekwelashweni nezinkinga zezempilo ukuyivimbela - isiza ekwehliseni ukushona kwezingane cishe ngamaphesenti angama-80 kwamanye amazwe. Ukusatshalaliswa kwethu emhlabeni wonke kwekhambi lokuvuselela amanzi ngomlomo kusize ekwehliseni inani lokufa kwabantu kusuka kuhudo - umbulali ohola wezingane ezincane - ngamaphesenti angama-60 phakathi kuka-2000 no-2007.

Imikhankaso yokugoma kakhulu futhi idlale indima enkulu ekuvikeleni izingane ezifweni ezingavikeleka. Okwesimungumungwane kuphela, cishe izigidi ezingama-20 izimpilo zabantu abasha zisindiswe phakathi kuka-2000 no-2015 ngenxa yemizamo enjalo yi-UNICEF kanye nabalingani.

Hhayi nje i-COVID-19: i-UNICEF kanye nokulwa ne-HIV ne-AIDS

Ngo-1987, ingculaza yaba yisifo sokuqala ukuphikiswa phansi eMhlanganweni Kazwelonke Wenhlangano Yezizwe. Njengoba sekuhlangene amazwe angamaLungu, i-UNICEF kanye ne-WHO base bevele behlola ukusebenzisana okungenzeka phakathi kwesifo nokugoma nokuncelisa ibele.

Ngenkathi ukutheleleka kusasazeka, i-UNICEF ilungiselele ucwaningo lwayo, inqubomgomo, ukuhlela kanye nokuqongelela imali ukuze baqonde kangcono ukuthi bangakuvimbela kanjani ukudluliselwa komama kuye enganeni. Ukuhlomisa umphakathi ngamaqiniso, sisekele imfundo yezempilo emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi emazweni aseningizimu neSahara e-Afrika, sisebenza ngokungakhathali ukwazisa, ukufundisa nokuvikela ukubandlulula nokucwaswa nge-HIV ne-AIDS.
Kusukela ngo-2010, ukutheleleka ngegciwane lengculazi okuyisigidi esingu-1.4 kubantwana kugwenyiwe. Ukuncishiswa kokudluliselwa komama kuye enganeni kubukwa njengendaba yokuphumelela kwezempilo yomphakathi. Ngokubambisana nabalingani, i-UNICEF isibekele imigomo efisayo yokuqeda ingculazi ngonyaka ka-2030.

Hhayi i-COVID-19 kuphela: I-UNICEF kanye nokulwa nomkhuhlane waseSwine

Ngo-2009, lo bhubhane lomkhuhlane wezingulube ukhukhuleka emhlabeni wonkana uthinta izingane kanye nabantu abadala abebesempilweni enhle. I-UNICEF yabeka izindlela zokulungiselela ukuqubuka kwasendaweni emazweni angama-90. Lezi zinyathelo zahlala zikhona ngemuva kwalesi bhubhane ngeso lokuqubuka kwesikhathi esizayo.

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Ungakapheli iminyaka emibili nengxenye yonyaka we-2014 ukuqubuka kwe-Ebola eNtshonalanga Afrika, ngaphezulu kwe-28,616 yamacala okushona kanye ne-11,310 yokushona kwabhalwa phansi. Ngesikhathi senhlupheko, i-UNICEF yasiza ekunakekelweni kwezingane ezibandlululwa okusolwa ukuthi zingenwe yilesi sifo, izingane ezashonelwa ngabazali nabaqaphi ku-Ebola, kanye nezigidi ebeziphume esikoleni.

Kusukela ngonyaka ka-2018, ngokuqala kobhubhane lwesibili ngobukhulu kwe-Ebola esake sabhalwa, besisebenza nabalingani esifundeni sonke ukuvikela ukudluliswa nokuvikela izingane ezithintekile. Kungakapheli nonyaka, i-UNICEF kanye nozakwabo babeseqeqeshe othisha abangaphezu kwama-32,400 ukuthi bazifundisa kanjani izingane ngokuvinjwa kwe-Ebola nokuthi bangazenza kanjani izikole zibe yindawo evikelayo.

I-UNICEF nokulwa neCoronavirus (COVID-19)

Isifo esiqhubekayo se-COVID-19 sithuthukise impilo yomndeni emhlabeni jikelele. Ukuvalwa kwezomnotho, ukuvalwa kwezikole kanye nezindlela zokuvalelwa zonkana kunomthelela omkhulu ezinganeni manje futhi imiphumela eyenzeka esikhathini eside ibeka engcupheni ukuphepha kwabo, inhlala-kahle yabo nekusasa labo.

I-UNICEF ifuna ukuthi izwe lisebenze ngokushesha ngaphandle kwalo, le nkinga yezempilo iba sengozini yokuba yinkinga yamalungelo ezingane.
I-UNICEF isemazweni angaphezu kwe-190 yamazwe, isebenzisana nohulumeni, abasebenzi bezempilo kanye nabanye abasabelayo bangaphambili ukugcina izingane ziphilile, ziphephile futhi zifunda, noma ngabe zingobani noma zihlala kuphi. I-COVID-19 ingenye yezimpi ezinkulu emlandweni wethu, nokho, kuyimpi lapho sonke singanqoba.