Hukumar Kula da Kiwon Lafiya ta Anambra da farko a ranar Asabar ta yi watsi da karancin allurar rigakafin yau da kullun da ake nufi don kare yara daga cututtukan da cutar ta bulla a COVID-19.
Dokta Chioma Ezenyimulu, Sakatare Janar na hukumar, ta bayyana rashin jin dadinta a yayin wani shirin wayar da kai kan cutar kanjamau wanda hukumar ta shirya, tare da hadin gwiwar Asusun Kula da Yara na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNICEF), a Awka.
Ezenyimulu ya ce idan iyaye mata da masu kulawa ba su yi wa 'ya'yansu allurar ba, zai iya sanya yara su iya kamuwa da cututtuka ko kuma haifar da barkewar cutar rigakafin.
A cewarta, cutar ta COVID-19 bazai taba zama wani uzuri ba saboda rashin yiwa yara rigakafin.
“Abin takaici, muna fuskantar cutar COVID-19, haka kuma jita-jita mai yada jita-jita game da COVID-19. Wannan yana hana masu kulawa da yin rigakafin yiwa yaransu alurar riga kafi.
"Ina son sanar da ku cewa babu wani magani da aka kirkiro don Coronavirus a cikin duka duniya.
“Alurar riga kafi aiki ne mai mahimmanci na kiwon lafiya kuma COVID-19 bai hana shi ba.
A madadin kasa, mun ga raguwar adadin yaran da aka yiwa allurar rigakafi a jihar sakamakon bayanai marasa tushe da tsoro.
"Ina jan hankalin iyaye mata da masu kulawa da cewa duk da cewa, a yayin da ake fama da cutar, ku tabbatar cewa kun dauki yaranku don rigakafinsu na yau da kullun, saboda yara suna buƙatar hakan don kasancewa cikin koshin lafiya.
"Wannan COVID-19 na iya zama tare da mu na dogon lokaci kuma ba kwa son jira har sai ya ƙare kafin ku yi wa yaran ku allurar," in ji ta.
Hakanan, Dakta Nnamdi Uliagbafusi, Darakta, Kula da Cututtuka da rigakafi a hukumar, ya ce yin rigakafin ya kasance babbar hanyar inganta kiwon lafiya da kyautata rayuwar yara.
Uliagbafusi ya ce rigakafin yana kare yara daga cututtuka da mutuwa sakamakon kyanda, gudawa, hepatitis B, tetanus, huhu, amai, zazzabi, huhu da amai.
“Ayyukan rigakafin na kyauta ne a cibiyoyin kiwon lafiyarmu, alluran rigakafin ba su da inganci kuma za a yi wa yara ne, ba tare da la'akari da matsayin rigakafinsu na baya ba," in ji shi.
A cikin sanarwar da ta gabatar, jami’in rigakafin na jihar, Mrs Nkechi Onwuvunka, wacce ta yi magana kan bangarori daban-daban na rigakafin cututtukan rigakafin, ta roki masu kulawa da su tabbatar yaran su dauki kashi na biyu na rigakafin cutar kyanda.
Onwuvunka ya yi bayanin cewa a da, an riga an yi wa yara rigakafin cutar kyanda a wata tara, amma an gano cewa kusan kashi 85 na yaran ne suka yi rigakafin.
“Mun kasance muna bayar da kashin farko na allurar rigakafin cutar kyanda a wata tara amma bincike ya nuna cewa haɓaka ya zama wajibi don rigakafin gaba ɗaya.
“Na biyu kashi da aka bayar a watanni 15 shine bunkasa haɓakar rigakafi.
"An gano cewa kashi 85% na yara ne kawai suka sami rigakafi tare da kashi daya kawai, don haka, an gabatar da kashi na biyu a 2019 don kula da ragowar kashi 15 cikin 100", in ji ta.
A nasa jawabin, Dakta Diden Gbofeyin, mai ba da shawara na UNICEF a Anambra, ya bukaci kafafen yada labarai su taimaka wajen yada maganar game da mahimmancin yin rigakafi a duk fadin jihar.
Gbofeyin ya kuma yi kira ga shugabannin al'umma da iyaye da su rungumi tare da kara daukar mataki kan rigakafin don kare yara daga cututtukan da ke addabar su.
Daidaita Daga: Edith Bolokor / Olagoke Olatoye (NAN)