Teknologi ta hanyar magance matsalar kiwon lafiya a Nijeriya ta zama batun da ake jadawali a yanzu, saboda yadda tsarin kiwon lafiya na kasar yake fuskantar matsaloli daban-daban. Dangane da rahoton da aka fitar a ranar Juma’i a Abuja, ta World Health Organization (WHO) a lokacin taron Health Sector-Wide Joint Annual Review (JAR 2024), canjin yanayi zai iya karfafa matsalar kiwon lafiya a Nijeriya har zuwa 21% na yawan cutar a kasar[1].
Rahoton ya bayyana cewa matsalolin kiwon lafiya da canjin yanayi ke kawo zai tsananta a Nijeriya, musamman a jahohin da suka fi damuwa da canjin yanayi kamar Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa, Taraba, Bauchi, da Yobe. Rahoton ya kuma nuna cewa zafin jiki zai iya tashi da 1.0 zuwa 1.1°C a shekarar 2050, wanda zai iya haifar da karuwar mutuwar da zafin jiki ke kawo daga 2.5 zuwa 5 kowace 100,000 mutane nan da shekarar 2080.
Kamar yadda rahoton ya nuna, teknologi na iya taka rawa wajen magance matsalar kiwon lafiya a Nijeriya. Kamfanonin kiwon lafiya na amfani da teknologi kamar AI da tsarin kiwon lafiya na dijital suna shirin canza yadda ake bayar da sabis na kiwon lafiya. Misali, kamfani mai suna Heala na amfani da tsarin dijital wanda zai baiwa marasa lafiya damar shawarar da likita a hanyar intanet, shirya gwajin likita, oda madadin magani, da kuma samun tarihin lafiya daga wuri guda.
Heala kuma na shirin hada tsarin kiwon lafiya na dijital wanda zai sa ake amfani da bayanan kiwon lafiya wajen inganta sabis na kiwon lafiya. Haka kuma, kamfanin na goyon bayan ayyukan kiwon lafiya a cikin al’umma ta hanyar HealaX, wani tsarin hada-hada na kiwon lafiya na dijital da kuma shirin “Hands of Heala” wanda ke mayar da hankali kan gina ayyukan kiwon lafiya na dindindin a cikin al’umma.
Wannan yunƙurin na teknologi na iya taimaka wajen rage matsalolin kiwon lafiya a Nijeriya, musamman a yankunan karkara inda sabis na kiwon lafiya ke fuskantar manyan matsaloli. Amma, ya zama dole a yi haɗin gwiwa tsakanin kamfanonin kiwon lafiya, hukumomi, da kamfanonin teknologi don samun nasara a wannan fanni.