Kontinenti ya Africa ikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe amasuta fodya. Ziwerengero zikuwonetsa kuti 21% ya amuna ndi 3% ya azimayi amasuta fodya ku Africa. Chidziwitsochi chinaperekedwa ku Algiers, pamsonkhano wa World Health Organization (WHO) yomwe, kuyambira Lolemba, October 10, yasonkhanitsa mayiko a ku Africa pokhudzana ndi kusuta fodya.
Fodya amapha anthu ambiri kuposa mowa, AIDS, kungotchula ochepa, malinga ndi kafukufuku wokhudza chochitikacho. Anthu masauzande ambiri amafa ndi zinthu zokhudzana ndi fodya monga kusuta fodya m'malo opezeka zachilengedwe (otchedwa kusuta fodya). Cholinga cha msonkhano wa WHO uwu ndi kupeza momwe mayiko a kontinenti amachitira msonkhano wapadziko lonse ku New Delhi womwe udzachitike kumayambiriro kwa November.
Afirika akulemba ziŵerengero zazikulu za kuwonjezereka kwa kusuta fodya; makamaka pakati pa achinyamata komanso makamaka atsikana. 30% ya achinyamata amakumana ndi utsi wa fodya kunyumba ndi 50% m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri kapena kuntchito. Ziwerengerozi zikuchokera Doctor Nivo Ramanandraibe Ofesi ya WHO Africa.
Komanso, malinga ndi kunena kwa akuluakulu ena a WHO, n’kovuta kupangitsa achinyamata kuti abwerere m’maganizo. Chifukwa chakuti m’maiko ambiri fodya amalimidwa ndi kugwiritsiridwa ntchito molakwa, makamaka ndi okalamba.
Motero, vuto lingakhale lakuti anthu akumaloko ndi mizinda ikuluikulu amvetsetse kuti fodya ndi woopsa kwambiri.
Komabe, poyang’anizana ndi kuwonjezereka kwa kusuta fodya kumeneku, maiko ambiri a mu Afirika asintha malamulo awo. Koma, mwachiwonekere, vutolo ndi lalikulu kwambiri kuposa kungosintha malamulo. Kuyenera kunenedwa kuti, mosasamala kanthu za kumamatira ku mapologalamu a WHO, maiko ambiri ku kontinentiyo akugogomezera kuti, kuti chikhale chogwira mtima, kuletsa fodya kumafunikira chuma chochuluka cha anthu ndi ndalama.
