UNGQONGQOSHE WEZEMPILO UKHULUMA UKUHLASELA KWESIFO I-MPOX

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MPOX DISEASE 

Ukubheduka kwesifo iMpox emhlabeni, esasaziwa ngeleMonkey pox, bekulokhu kuqhubeka kusukela ngo-2022. INingizimu Afrika iphakathi kwamazwe abhekene nokuqubuka kweMpox, igciwane elisakazeka phakathi kwabantu, futhi kwesinye isikhathi lisuka emvelweni liye kubantu, lisebenzisa izinto. kanye nezindawo ezithintwe ngumuntu oneMpox.

Izwe seliqophe isibalo samacala ayi-5 aqinisekiswe ngelebhu kanye nokufa okukodwa. Amacala amabili kulawa aqinisekisiwe eGauteng namathathu KwaZulu-Natal. Isigameko sokushona kwabantu singesinye sezigameko ezimbili ezibikwe eGauteng. 

Isiguli sashona ngoMsombuluko, 10 June 2024 esibhedlela saseTembisa. Zonke izigameko/iziguli ngabesilisa abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-30-39 abangenamlando wokuhambela amazwe abhekene nokuqubuka kwalesi sifo, okukhombisa ukuthi kukhona ukusulelana kwalesi sifo esithathelwanayo ezweni.

Zonke lezi zimo ezinhlanu zihlelwe yizimo ezinzima ngokwencazelo ye-WHO ezidinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela. Amacala anezifo ezihambisanayo futhi ahlonzwe njengezibalo ezibalulekile, Abesilisa Abenza Ucansi Nabesilisa (MSM). 

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Ngakho-ke, uMnyango ufinyelela izinhlangano ezisebenza ezinhlelweni ze-HIV kanye nabantu ababalulekile ngaphezu kwabanye ababambiqhaza ukuze basebenzise ukuxhumana okuhlosiwe ukuze kuqwashiswe ngokuqubuka nokusakazwa kwalesi sifo endaweni.

Isiguli esisodwa sikhululiwe, esinye sikhululwe ukuyohlaliswa sodwa futhi kwenziwa ukulandelela. Amacala amabili asangeniswa esibhedlela. Ukuhlaziywa okulandelanayo kwamacala amathathu kwaveza i-mpox clade IIb, ngokuhambisana nokuqubuka kwe-mpox emazweni amaningi okwaqala ngo-2022.

I-National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) iyaqhubeka nemisebenzi ye-epidemiological and surveillance ukuze ihlonze amacala ukuze aphenywe ukuze alinganise ubukhulu bezifo ngokuqoqwa kolwazi nokuhlaziya. Bangu-38 abathintwayo abahlonzwe KwaZulu-Natal ngamathimba okulwa nalesi sifo. 

Abathintwayo bahlanganisa abathintwayo basekhaya (16), abathintwayo basesibhedlela (10), ozakwethu/abalingani bocansi (5) nabangane (7). Esinye salezi zigameko siveze ukuthi uke walala nabalingani abaningi okubalwa kubo abesilisa nabesifazane.

Okwamanje, akukho ukwelashwa okubhalisiwe kwe-Mpox eNingizimu Afrika. Kodwa-ke, i-World Health Organization incoma ukusetshenziswa kwe-Tecovirimat (eyaziwa ngokuthi i-TPOXX) ekwelapheni izimo ezimbi kakhulu, njengakubantu abane-CD4 count engaphansi kuka-350. Nokho, uMnyango uthole i-Tecovirimat ngeSigaba 21 SAPHRA imvume yokusebenzisa ngozwela. isisekelo seziguli ezinhlanu ezaziwayo ezinezifo ezinzima.