Shirin karancin malnutrition a arewacin Najeriya ta karu da 51% tsakanin watan Janairu zuwa Agusta na shekarar 2024, a cewar shugaban kasa na Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Christos Christou. Christou ya bayyana haka a wajen taron manema labarai a Abuja bayan ya ziyarci Maiduguri.
Ya ce adadin yara da aka karbo da karancin malnutrition mai tsanani ya karu sosai idan aka kwatanta da lokacin da ya gabata. Daga shekarar 2022 zuwa 2023, adadin yara da aka karbo ya kasance mai tsanani, amma tsakanin Janairu zuwa Agusta na shekarar 2024, aka samu karuwa da 51% a adadin yara da aka karbo da karancin malnutrition.
Christou ya kuma bayyana cewa mutanen arewacin Najeriya sun shiga cikin matsaloli da dama, ciki har da karancin abinci, barkewar cutar da kwayar cuta ke haddasa, da kuma rashin wuraren kiwon lafiya da ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya. Haka kuma, tsaro ya kasance abin damuwa.
A cewar shi, “A lokacin da na ziyarci asibitoci da klinikunan da MSF ke aiki, mun samu yara da dama da karancin malnutrition mai tsanani. Mun kuma buka cibiyar maganin cholera bayan barkewar cutar cholera a hukumance. Dukkan wadannan abubuwa sun faru a kan baya-bayanin matsalar karancin malnutrition mai tsanani.”
Ya ce, “Daya daga cikin abokan aiki na Nijeriya wanda ya yi aiki da MSF na shekaru takwas ya ce shekarar 2024 ta fi yadda ta kasance a baya. Kowace shekara, a lokacin da ake samun karancin malnutrition mai tsanani, adadin yara da aka karbo ya fi yadda ta kasance. Amma shekarar 2024, lokacin da ake samun karancin malnutrition mai tsanani, adadin yara da aka karbo bai kamata ya ragu ba, amma ya karu sosai.”
Christou ya kuma bayyana cewa manyan kungiyoyi da ke bayar da tallafi a Maiduguri da sauran sassan arewacin Najeriya sun rage budjetunsu ko kuma sun daina aikinsu.
A cewar shi, “Daga shekarar 2022 zuwa 2023, adadin yara da aka karbo da karancin malnutrition ya kasance mai tsanani. Amma tsakanin Janairu zuwa Agusta na shekarar 2024, mun samu karuwa da 51% a adadin yara da aka karbo da karancin malnutrition. A cikin watanni takwas na shekarar 2024, mun magance yara 52,725 da karancin malnutrition mai tsanani a arewacin Najeriya.”
