Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ta amince da jarabawar mpox ta farko da aka yi a Afirka, wadda aka samar a Morocco. Wannan jarabawar, wacce aka sanya suna UM6P-MASCIR MPOX qPCR 1.0, an samar ta ne ta kamfanin Moldiag na Morocco.
Jarabawar PCR (Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) ta wuce matsayin tsari mai tsauri na kimiyar da Hukumar Shawarar Jarabawa ta Africa CDC (DAC) ta gabatar, tare da kimantawa daban-daban daga Cibiyar Bincike ta Kasa don Bincike na Biomedical (INRB) a Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kongo (DRC). Jarabawar ta cika dukkan bukatun da aka sa kanta.
Direktan Janar na Africa CDC, Dr. Jean Kaseya, ya yabu amincewar jarabawar a matsayin “alamar nasara” a yakin da ake yi da cutar mpox. Ya bayyana cewa kayan aikin gida kama jarabawar PCR ta Moldiag suna taka rawar muhimmiya a gurbin Africa CDC na kafa tsarin kiwon lafiya mai kai tsaye da tsaro a Afirka.
Amincewar jarabawar ta Moldiag ta zo a lokacin da Africa CDC da WHO ke yi yaƙi da cutar mpox wacce aka sanar a matsayin Hadari ta Lafiyar Jama’a ta Kontinentali 93 days ago. Africa CDC ta hada kai da WHO a cikin tsarin amsa na gaggawa na 100 days don horar da jami’an kiwon lafiya kan hanyoyin jarabawa da kuma samar da kayan aikin PCR da genomic sequencing.
Nawal Chraibi, Direktan Janar na Moldiag, ta bayyana farin cikinta da amincewar Africa CDC, inda ta ce amincewar ta taƙaita ƙoƙarin kamfaninta na inganta ƙarfin kiwon lafiya a Afirka. “Mun yi imani cewa samar da kayan aikin gida shi ne muhimmin hanyar tsaro na lafiya a Afirka,” in ji Chraibi. “Manufarmu ta dace da gurbin Africa CDC na kafa tsarin kiwon lafiya mai kai tsaye da tsaro a Afirka”.
