Masana’a a fannin kiwon lafiya sun bayyana cewa jihar Jigawa ta samu matsakaicin kurkuku a cikin yara fiye da wasu jihohin Nijeriya. Wannan bayani ya zo ne daga wata taron da aka gudanar a birnin Dutse, inda masana’a suka taru don tattaunawa kan hanyoyin magance matsalar.
Da yake magana, daya daga cikin masana’an, Dr. Aminu Abdullahi, ya ce kurkuku a cikin yara shi ne babban batu a jihar Jigawa, kuma ya ce hakan na faruwa ne saboda karancin haliyar kiwon lafiya da kuma rashin ilimi kan hanyoyin kare lafiya.
Muhimman dalilai da suka sa a samu matsakaicin kurkuku a cikin yara sun hada da cutar trachoma, cutar cataract, da kuma kurkuku da aka samu tun daga haihuwa. Masana’an sun kuma ce rashin samun magungunan da za a yi amfani da su wajen magance cututtukan ido na daya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin da suka sa a samu matsakaicin kurkuku.
Gwamnatin jihar Jigawa ta ce tana shirin aiwatar da shirin kiwon lafiya na kasa da kasa domin magance matsalar kurkuku a cikin yara. Shirin din zai hada da tafiyar da magunguna, horar da ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya, da kuma ilimantar da al’umma kan hanyoyin kare lafiya.
