Magungunan jabu na kashe kusan ‘yan Afirka 500,000 duk shekara – UNODC –

Ofishin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya mai yaki da miyagun kwayoyi da laifuffuka, UNODC, ya ce kayayyakin kiwon lafiya da ake fataucin su na kashe kusan ‘yan Afrika da ke kudu da hamadar Sahara kusan rabin miliyan a duk shekara, inda ta yi nuni da cewa akwai bukatar daukar mataki domin dakile kwararar bakin haure.

UNODC ta bayyana hakan ne a sabon rahotonta na tantance barazanar da ta buga a ranar Litinin.

Rahoton ya yi nuni da cewa rashin samun hanyoyin kiwon lafiya da magunguna na kara rura wutar ɗimbin masu fa’ida da nufin cike giɓin da aka samu, in ji rahoton fataucin kayayyakin kiwon lafiya a yankin Sahel.

Amma, ya bayyana cewa wannan wadatar da kuma rashin daidaiton buƙatu ya haifar da mummunan sakamako.

A yankin kudu da hamadar sahara, kusan mutane 267,000 ke mutuwa a kowace shekara na da nasaba da gurbatattun magungunan zazzabin cizon sauro, kamar yadda wani bincike da aka tsara na barazanar aikata laifuka na kasa da kasa ya gano.

Bugu da kari, har zuwa 169,271 suna da alaƙa da gurbatattun ƙwayoyin cuta da marasa inganci waɗanda ake amfani da su don magance matsanancin ciwon huhu a cikin yara.

Har ila yau fataucin wadannan kayayyakin na yin illa ga tattalin arzikin kasashen da abin ya shafa.

Hukumar lafiya ta duniya WHO, ta kiyasta cewa kula da mutanen da suka yi amfani da jabun ko kayayyakin kiwon lafiya marasa inganci don maganin zazzabin cizon sauro a yankin kudu da hamadar sahara na kashe tsakanin dala miliyan 12 zuwa dala miliyan 44.7 duk shekara.

Ayyukan kasa da kasa sun ga an kama sama da ton 605 na kayayyakin kiwon lafiya a yammacin Afirka, tsakanin watan Janairun 2017 da Disamba 2021. Yawanci, wadannan kayayyakin na tafiya ta hanyoyin kasuwanci na kasa da kasa, musamman ta teku.

An karkatar da su daga tsarin samar da kayayyaki na doka, samfuran galibi suna fitowa daga manyan ƙasashen da ake fitarwa zuwa yankin Sahel, ciki har da China, Belgium, Faransa da Indiya. Wasu kuma ana yin su ne a cikin jihohin da ke makwabtaka da su.

Sau ɗaya a Afirka ta Yamma, masu fasa-kwauri suna jigilar kayayyakin kiwon lafiya ta mota bas, motoci da manyan motoci zuwa yankin Sahel, suna bin hanyoyin fataucin da ake da su, don gujewa kariyar iyakokin.

Kungiyoyin ‘yan ta’adda da kungiyoyin masu dauke da makamai ba na Jiha ba suna da alaka da safarar kayayyakin magani a yankin Sahel, amma, shigarsu yana da iyaka. Waɗannan ƙungiyoyin suna tara “haraji” a yankunan da suke sarrafawa ko kuma suna amfani da magungunan da kansu.

Rahotannin da aka bayar kan amfani da muggan kwayoyi domin ba magani ba a tsakanin kungiyoyin ‘yan ta’adda, sun rubuta wata alaka ta Al-Qaida a Cote d’Ivoire da kuma tsoffin mayakan Boko Haram a Najeriya, suna amfani da ko yunƙurin siyan magungunan kashe-kashe kamar clonazepam (rivotril) tun aƙalla. 2016.

A sa’i daya kuma, rahoton na UNODC ya bayyana cewa, binciken da aka gudanar ya gano wasu ‘yan wasa da ke da hannu a cikin haramtacciyar cinikin kayayyakin likitanci. Masu fataucin sun hada da ma’aikatan kamfanonin harhada magunguna, jami’an gwamnati, jami’an tsaro, ma’aikatan hukumar lafiya da masu sayar da tituna.

Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta kafa shirin daidaita hanyoyin daidaita magunguna na Afirka a cikin 2009 don inganta hanyoyin samun lafiya, mai araha.

Yunkurin wani bangare ne na Tsarinsa na Tsarin Samar da Magunguna na Afirka. Bugu da kari, dukkan kasashen yankin Sahel, banda Mauritania, sun amince da wata yarjejeniyar kafa hukumar kula da magunguna ta Afirka.

Da yake fahimtar waɗannan nasarorin, rahoton UNODC ya ba da shawarwari. Daga cikin su akwai gabatar da ko sake gyara doka don hana duk wasu laifukan da ke da alaka da su, kamar fasa-kwaurin kudi da almundahana.

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