Izwekazi lase-Afrika liqopha ukwanda okukhulu kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi. Izibalo ziveza ukuthi u-21% wabesilisa kanye no-3% wabesifazane basebenzisa ugwayi e-Afrika. Lolu lwazi lunikezwe e-Algiers, ngesikhathi somhlangano weWorld Health Organisation (WHO) okuthe kusukela ngoMsombuluko, Okthoba 10, ihlanganise amazwe ase-Afrika mayelana nokulawulwa kukagwayi.
Ugwayi ubulala abantu abaningi kunotshwala, ingculazi, ukubala abambalwa, ngokocwaningo mayelana nalesi sigameko. Izinkulungwane zabantu ziyafa ngenxa yezimbangela ezihlobene nogwayi njengokuchayeka entuthuni kagwayi endaweni yemvelo (ebizwa ngokuthi ukubhema okwenziwayo). Inhloso yalo mhlangano we-WHO wukuthola isimo esifanayo samazwe ezwekazi ngaphambi komhlangano wamazwe omhlaba eNew Delhi ozoba ngasekuqaleni kukaNovemba.
I-Afrika irekhoda amazinga aphezulu okwanda kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi; ikakhulukazi entsheni futhi ikakhulukazi phakathi kwamantombazane. U-30% wabantu abasha bachayelwe intuthu kagwayi ekhaya futhi 50% ezindaweni zomphakathi noma emsebenzini. Lezi zibalo zisuka Udokotela Nivo Ramanandraibe weHhovisi le-WHO Afrika.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokwezinye izikhulu ze-WHO, kunzima ukwenza intsha isanguluke. Ngoba emazweni amaningi ugwayi uyalinywa futhi usetshenziswe kabi, ikakhulukazi asebekhulile.
Ngakho, inselele ingaba ukwenza izakhamuzi zendawo namadolobha amakhulu aqonde ukuthi ugwayi uyingozi kakhulu.
Nokho, njengoba ebhekene nalokhu kwanda kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi, amazwe amaningi ase-Afrika ayishintshile imithetho yawo. Kodwa, ngokusobala, inselele inkulu kakhulu kunokushintsha nje imithetho. Kumelwe kushiwo ukuthi, naphezu kokunamathela ezinhlelweni ze-WHO, amazwe amaningi ezwenikazi agcizelela ukuthi, ukuze kuphumelele, ukulawula ugwayi kudinga izinsiza zabantu nezimali ezengeziwe.
