Kwamishinan lafiya na jihar Neja, Dakta Makusidi Muhammad, ya bayyana cewa, akalla mutane 36,797 ne ke dauke da cutar kanjamau a jihar a halin yanzu.
Kwamishinan ya bayyana hakan ne ta bakin Daraktan sashen kula da lafiya da horaswa Dr. Baba Uthman a taron manema labarai na bikin ranar yaki da cutar kanjamau ta bana a Minna mai taken “Equalize to End AIDS: Daidaita Samun Magani da Kariya”.
A cewarsa, a tsakanin watan Janairu zuwa Satumba na wannan shekara, jimillar mutane 2,628 ne suka kamu da cutar kanjamau a jihar.
Muhammad ya bayyana cewa: “Bayanan cutar kanjamau na shekarar da ake bitarsu sun nuna cewa tsakanin 1 ga Janairu zuwa 30 ga Satumba, 2022, an yi wa mutane 89,359 shawarwari, gwaji da kuma samun sakamako. Daga cikin waɗannan, abokan ciniki 2,628 sun gwada inganci. ”
Kwamishinan ya ce: “A halin yanzu, jimillar mutanen da ke dauke da cutar kanjamau da ke karbar magani, ciki har da manyan mutane, ya kai 36,797; jimillar mata masu juna biyu 43,083 da suka je kula da masu juna biyu an yi musu nasiha, an gwada su kuma aka samu sakamako, daga cikinsu 63 sun kamu da cutar.”
Ya kuma yi bayanin cewa, a farkon gano jarirai, jimillar jariran da aka yi wa gwajin cutar kanjamau na farko sun kai 330 daga cikin 2 (0.6%) ne kawai aka gano suna dauke da cutar kanjamau.
Kwamishinan ya kara da cewa ” Jarirai masu dauke da cutar kanjamau su ne wadanda iyayensu mata ba sa zuwa hidimar haihuwa.”
Darakta Janar na Hukumar Yaki da Cutar Kanjamau ta Jihar Neja (NGSACA), Adamu Baba a nasa jawabin ya bayyana cewa, duk da cewa gwamnati ta yi niyya don kawo adadin da ake fama da shi zuwa kashi firifi nan da shekarar 2030, amma a halin yanzu ya kai kashi 0.7% a jihar.