Shirin da aka gudanar a ranar 14 ga watan Nuwamban shekarar 2024, Hukumar Lafiya Duniya (WHO) ta bayyana damuwa game da karuwar adadin mutanen da ke fama da ciwon sukari a Afirka. Daga cikin bayanan da aka bayar, an yi hasashen cewa adadin mutanen da ke fama da ciwon sukari a Afirka zai iya karu zuwa milioni 54 nan da shekarun masu zuwa.
WHO ta ce karuwar adadin mutanen da ke fama da ciwon sukari a yankin Afirka ya shafi kasashe da dama, tare da manyan abubuwan da ke sa haka sun hada da tsawan jiki, rashin aikin jiki, da canjin yanayin rayuwa na zamani.
Tun da yake ciwon sukari ya zama babbar barazana ga lafiyar jama’a a duniya, WHO ta himmatu wa kasashe mambobinta su É—auki matakan shawarwari don hana yaduwar cutar. Wadannan matakan sun hada da inganta hanyoyin kiwon lafiya, samar da ilimin lafiya, da kuma tallafawa mutanen da ke fama da cutar.
Kasuwar kiwon lafiya a Afirka ta kuma samu kira daga WHO da ta ƙara jari a cikin kayan aikin kiwon lafiya da kuma horar da ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya don magance cutar sukari da sauran cututtukan da ke da alaƙa da ita.
