Nigeria ta ki yi takardar 1,035 na kisan Lassa fever daga cikin 8,569 na shakka, tare da 174 na mutuwa a jihar 28 da karamar hukumar 129 a matsayin ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 2024. Wannan bayani ya zo daga Director-General na Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris, a wani taro da aka gudanar a Abuja.
Lassa fever wata cuta ce ta viral hemorrhagic fever da Lassa virus ke kawowa, tare da multimammate rat (ko African rat) a matsayin reservoir na asali. Rodents wasu kuma zasu iya kawowa cutar.
Dr Idris ya bayyana cewa gwamnatin tarayya ta Najeriya, ta hanyar Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare da NCDC, ke shugabancin jagorancin hana, gano, da amsa wa kisan Lassa fever a kullum shekara. Ya ce karuwar adadin jahohi da ke rahoto kisan Lassa fever ya zo ne saboda ingantaccen bincike, wayar da kan jama’a, lalura muhalli daga canjin yanayi, da sauran ayyukan cutarwa na dan Adam.
A shekarar 2022, Najeriya ta rahoto 1,067 na kisan tabbataccen a jihar 27 da karamar hukumar 112. A shekarar 2023, jihar 28 da karamar hukumar 114 sun rahoto kisan tabbataccen, tare da 9,155 na shakka, 1,270 na kisan tabbataccen, da 227 na mutuwa. A matsayin ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 2024, 8,569 na shakka, 1,035 na kisan tabbataccen, da 174 na mutuwa sun rahoto a jihar 28 da karamar hukumar 129.
Cututtukan Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) kuma sun kai 380 na kisan tabbataccen daga cikin 4,915 na shakka, tare da 361 na mutuwa a jihar 24 da karamar hukumar 174, ciki har da Babban Birnin Tarayya (FCT). Dr Idris ya ce CSM wata cuta ce da ke da epidemic-prone tare da kisan da ake rahoto a shekara-shekara, amma yanayin yanayi kamar lokacin rani da ke kawowa dust, iska, dare sanyi, da karuwar cututtukan hanci na jikin mutum, suna kara haɗarin kamuwa, musamman tare da overcrowding da kuma poor ventilation.
Dr Idris ya kuma nemi wa Najeriya su karbi tiyataccen tiyataccen liyafar meningitis, kuma su guji karin tarayya da kisan tabbataccen na CSM, kuma su guji overcrowding a gida, dormitories na makaranta, camps na ‘yan gudun hijira, kurkuku, da sauran wuraren tarayya.
