Ranar Pneumonia ta Duniya 2024, wacce ake yi a ranar 12 ga watan Nuwamba, ta mayar da hankali kan wayar da kan jama’a game da cutar pneumonia, wata cuta ta hauka mai hatari amma da ake iya hana ta da kuma magance ta.
Pneumonia ita ce cutar tarin fuka wacce ke haifar da girgije a cikin huhu, sakamakon kamuwa da kwayoyin cuta kamar bacteria, viruses, da fungi. Cutar ta fi shafa yara ƙanana, tsofaffi, da mutanen da ke da matsalar tsarin rigakafi. A shekarar 2021, pneumonia ta yi sanadiyar mutuwar milioni 2.2, ciki har da yara 502,000, a duniya baki ɗaya[4][5].
Ibada ta Ranar Pneumonia ta Duniya an kirkiri ta a shekarar 2009 ta Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia, wacce ƙungiyar ƙwazo ce ta ƙungiyoyin kiwon lafiya da nufin jawo hankali kan girman matsalar pneumonia, musamman a tsakanin yara ƙanana.
Tema na Ranar Pneumonia ta Duniya 2024 ita ce “Every Breath Counts: Stop Pneumonia in Its Tracks,” wacce ta mayar da hankali kan mahimmancin kowane shakka da bukatar ayyuka masu gaggawa don yaƙi da cutar pneumonia ta hanyar gano asali, magani da hana ta[3][6].
Wata muhimmiyar hanyar hana pneumonia ita ce liyafar jiki, musamman liyafar pneumococcal da flu. Aikin nesa gari, tsabta, da kada kai baƙi suna taimakawa wajen kawar da yuwuwar kamuwa da cutar. Hakanan, tsarin rayuwa lafiya, kamar cin abinci mai gina jiki, aikin jiki, da kada kai baƙi, suna taimakawa wajen karfin tsarin rigakafi na jiki[2][3].
