Ilizwekazi laseAfrika lirekhoda ukwanda okukhulu kokusetyenziswa kwecuba. Amanani abonisa ukuba i-21% yamadoda kunye ne-3% yabasetyhini basebenzisa icuba e-Afrika. Ulwazi lunikezwe e-Algiers, ngexesha lentlanganiso ye-World Health Organization (WHO) leyo, ukususela ngoMvulo, ngo-Oktobha 10, idibanise amazwe ase-Afrika kwimeko yokulawula icuba.
Icuba libulala abantu abaninzi kunotywala, uGawulayo, ukubala abambalwa, ngokophando malunga nalo mcimbi. Amawakawaka abantu abangakumbi bafa ngenxa yezizathu ezinxulumene necuba ezifana nokuchanabeka kumsi wecuba kwindlela yokusingqongileyo (ebizwa ngokuba yi-passive smoking). Injongo yale ntlanganiso ye-WHO kukufumana indawo efanayo kumazwe elizwekazi ngaphambi kwentlanganiso yamazwe ngamazwe eNew Delhi eya kubanjwa ekuqaleni kukaNovemba.
IAfrika irekhoda amazinga aphezulu okwanda kokusetyenziswa kwecuba; ngakumbi phakathi kolutsha kwaye, ngakumbi phakathi kwamantombazana. I-30% yabantu abatsha bavezwe kumsi wecuba ekhaya kwaye 50% kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke okanye emsebenzini. La manani asuka UGqirha Nivo Ramanandraibe yeOfisi ye-WHO Afrika.
Ngaphezu koko, ngokutsho kwamanye amagosa eWHO, kunzima ukwenza abantu abaselula babuyele ezingqondweni. Kuba kumazwe amaninzi icuba liyalinywa yaye lisetyenziswa kakubi, ingakumbi ngabantu abalupheleyo.
Ngaloo ndlela, ucelomngeni luya kuba kukwenza abemi basekuhlaleni nezixeko ezikhulu baqonde ukuba icuba liyingozi kakhulu.
Noko ke, ngenxa yoku kwanda kokusetyenziswa kwecuba, amazwe amaninzi aseAfrika aye ayitshintsha imithetho yawo. Kodwa, ngokucacileyo, ucelomngeni mkhulu kunokutshintsha nje imithetho. Kumele kutshiwo ukuba, phezu kwako nje ukubambelela kwiinkqubo zeWHO, amazwe amaninzi kweli lizwekazi agxininisa ukuba, ukuze lusebenze, ulawulo lwecuba lufuna abantu abangakumbi nemali.
