Ukunyuka kwe-pox kwi-Democratic Republic of the Congo (i-DRC) kunye nakwamanye amazwe amaninzi e-Afrika kuye kwamiselwa yi-WHO ukuba yenze imeko engxamisekileyo yezempilo yoluntu exhalabisayo ngamazwe ngamazwe (PHEIC) phantsi kweMimiselo yezeMpilo yamazwe ngamazwe (2005) (IHR).
IKomiti yeengcali ithathele ingqalelo ukunyuka kwe-mpox njenge-PHEIC, enokuthi isasazeke ngakumbi kumazwe ase-Afrika kwaye mhlawumbi nangaphandle kwelizwekazi. USihlalo weKomiti uthe, “Ukunyuka kwangoku kwe-pox kwiindawo zase-Afrika, kunye nokusasazeka kwentsholongwane entsha ye-monkeypox, yimeko engxamisekileyo, kungekhona e-Afrika kuphela, kodwa kwihlabathi lonke. I-Mpox, evela e-Afrika, yayingahoywa apho, kwaye kamva yabangela ukuqhambuka kwehlabathi kwi-2022. Ixesha lokuthatha isinyathelo ngokukhawuleza ukukhusela imbali ukuba iphinde iphinde."
Kwangoko, ngoJulayi ka-2022, ukuqhambuka kwempox kumazwe amaninzi kwabhengezwa njenge-PHEIC njengoko yayisasazeka ngokukhawuleza ngonxibelelwano lwezesondo kuluhlu lwamazwe. Nangona kunjalo, yabhengezwa ukuba iphelile ngoMeyi ka-2023 kulandela ukuhla okuzinzileyo kumatyala.
Ukuvela kunye nokusasazeka okukhawulezileyo kohlobo olutsha lwe-'clade 1b' e-DRC kulo nyaka uphelileyo, olusasazeke ikakhulu ngonxulumano lwezesondo, nokubhaqwa kwalo kumazwe angabamelwane kunxulumene, kwaye sesinye sezizathu eziphambili zokubhengezwa kwe-PHEIC. Kule nyanga iphelileyo, ngaphezulu kwe-100 lamatyala aqinisekisiweyo elabhoratri e-clade 1b axeliweyo eBurundi, Kenya, Rwanda nase-Uganda angazange achaze mpox ngaphambili.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, i-WHO iqalise inkqubo yoLuhlu lokuSebenzisa oluNgxamisekileyo (EUL) kwizitofu zokugonya i-mpox. Oku kulindeleke ukuba kukhawulezise ukufikelela kogonyo kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi angekayikhuphi eyawo imvume yolawulo lwesizwe.
Izitofu ezibini ezisetyenziselwa impox ngoku zicetyiswa yi-WHO. Kubantu abadala abanempilo, ukungaphindi (MVA-BN), ukuphindaphinda okuncinci (LC 16) okanye ukuphindaphinda izitofu ezisekelwe kwi-vaccinia (ACAM2000) zifanelekile. I-MVA-BN sisitofu sokugonya se-mpox sesizukulwana se-3 esilawulwa njengedosi ezimbini ze-subcutaneous naliti enikezelwa ubuncinane kwiiveki ezi-4 ngaphandle. Zombini i-1 kunye ne-2 iidosi ze-MVA-BN zisebenza kakhulu ekuthinteleni i-mpox. I-LC16 kunye ne-ACAM2000 sisitofu sokugonya se-mpox sedosi enye.
I-Mpox sisifo sentsholongwane esidluliselwa ebantwini ngokudibana ngokwasemzimbeni nabantu abosulelekileyo, okanye ngezinto ezingcolisekileyo, okanye nezilwanyana ezosulelekileyo. Ibangelwa yintsholongwane yemonkeypox (MPXV) eyintsholongwane ephindwe kabini ye-DNA ye-genus Orthopoxvirus kunye ne-vaccinia virus (VACV) kunye ne-variola virus (VARV).
Intsholongwane yemonkeypox (MPXV) inxulumene ngokusondeleyo ne-smallpox, eyona ntsholongwane yabulala kakhulu kwimbali ejongene nokutshatyalaliswa okungenakulinganiswa kwabantu kwiinkulungwane ezidlulileyo. Ngokupheliswa okupheleleyo kunye nokupheliswa kwenkqubo yokugonya ingqakaqha (eyayibonelele ngokhuseleko olunqamlezileyo kwintsholongwane yemonkeypox), inani labemi langoku linamanqanaba ancitshisiweyo okugonyeka kweli qela leentsholongwane. Oku kucacisa ngokufanelekileyo ukunyuka kunye nokusasazeka kwentsholongwane yemonkeypox kwiindawo ezihlala kuyo eAfrika.
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Iingxelo:
- Iindaba ze-WHO - uMlawuli-Jikelele we-WHO ubhengeza uqhambuko lwe-mpox olungxamisekileyo lwezempilo yoluntu lwenkxalabo yehlabathi. Ithunyelwe nge-14 ka-Agasti 2024. Iyafumaneka e https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern
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Amanqaku afanelekileyo:
Izitofu zokugonya i-Monkeypox (Mpox): I-WHO iqalisa inkqubo ye-EUL (10 Agasti 2024)
Uxinzelelo lweNkawu lweNkawu (MPXV) Lusasazeke ngokuNxibelelana ngokwesondo (20 April 2024)
Intsholongwane yemonkeypox (MPXV) ezahlukeneyo ezinikwe amagama amatsha (12 Agasti 2022)
Ngaba iMonkeypox iya kuhamba ngendlela yeCorona? (23 ngoJuni 2022)
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