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Zazzabin Lassa ya kashe mutane 118 a Najeriya a watanni ukun farkon shekarar 2025, duk da cewa ƙasar na ƙara ƙoƙarin yakar cutar ta hanyar sabon haɗin gwiwar bincike na ƙasa da ƙasa.

A cewar Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Najeriya ta shiga cikin wata hadakar ƙasa da ƙasa mai kuɗin dala miliyan 6.4 domin hanzarta samar da rigakafin cutar zazzabin Lassa.

An ce an sanya wa shirin suna Unraveling Natural and Vaccine-Elicited Immunity to Lassa Fever (UNVEIL), kuma Jami’ar Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) ce ke jagorancin shirin. CEPI ta tabbatar da ci gaban a cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar a Abuja ranar Lahadi, wadda aka aika wa Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Najeriya (NAN).

Shirin UNVEIL ya haɗa masana da cibiyoyin bincike daga sassan duniya domin nazarin yadda jikin dan Adam ke kare kansa daga kwayar cutar ta halitta da kuma yadda jiki ke amsa raguna na rigakafi. Ana ganin bayanan da za a tattara za su taimaka wajen samar da ingantacciyar rigakafi da za ta iya dakile sake ɓullar cutar a yankin yammacin Afirka, musamman Najeriya.

Zazzabin Lassa cuta ce mai tsanani wadda ke janyo zubar jini, kuma ana ɗaukar ta daga beraye zuwa ga mutane ta hanyar abinci ko kayan amfanin gida da beraye masu ɗauke da kwayar cutar suka gurɓata. Ana iya ɗaukar ta daga mutum zuwa mutum ta hanyar jini, fitsari, ko wasu jikin ruwan masu ɗauke da cutar.

Hukumomin kiwon lafiya suna ci gaba da ƙara wa ’yan Najeriya ƙwarin guiwar yin tsafta da kauce wa hulɗa da beraye domin rage yaɗuwar cutar.

Najeriya ta sha fama da wannan cutar sau da dama cikin shekaru, musamman a lokacin bazara, inda jihohin kudanci da tsakiyar ƙasar sukan fi fuskantar tashin cutar.

Jami’an lafiya sun ce halartar Najeriya a shirin UNVEIL babban ci gaba ne wajen samar da dorewar mafita ga cutar da kuma rage nauyi a kan tsarin kiwon lafiyar ƙasa.

CEPI ta bayyana cewa tana da kyakkyawan fata cewa haɗin gwiwar zai hanzarta aikin samar da rigakafin tare da cike gibi na bayanan da suka danganci yadda jikin mutum ke martani ga kwayar cutar zazzabin Lassa.