Gwamnatin Tarayya ta sanar da cewa ana sa ran jigilar maganin Lenacapavir, wani sabon magani mai tsawon tasiri don rigakafin kamuwa da cutar HIV, zai iso Najeriya a watan Maris na shekarar 2026.
A wata sanarwa da ta fitar a ranar Litinin, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) ta tabbatar da cewa shirye-shirye sun kai mataki na gaba domin gabatarwa da kuma fara rarraba maganin Lenacapavir (LEN) a matakai a matsayin wani zaɓi na rigakafin kafin kamuwa da cuta (PrEP).
Maganin Lenacapavir, wanda kamfanin Gilead Sciences ya ƙera, ana yi ne ta hanyar allura sau biyu a shekara. Gwaje-gwajen kimiyya na duniya sun nuna cewa yana ba da kariya kusan kashi 100 cikin ɗari daga kamuwa da HIV, inda wasu bincike suka nuna babu wanda ya kamu da cutar daga cikin mahalarta gwajin.
NACA ta ce gwamnati na aiki don tabbatar da cewa an aiwatar da shirin cikin tsari mai inganci da kulawa ta musamman, tare da bai wa jihohin da cutar HIV ta fi yawa fifiko.
Matakin farko na rarrabawar zai shafi jihohi goma da aka ware a matsayin masu muhimmanci: Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Babban Birnin Tarayya (FCT), Gombe, Kano, Kwara, da Legas.
Hukumar ta ce, “Ana sa ran kayayyakin za su iso ƙasa a watan Maris na 2026,” tana mai jaddada haɗin gwiwar hukumomin lafiya domin shigar da maganin cikin dabarun rigakafin HIV na ƙasa yadda ya kamata.
Wannan mataki ya yi daidai da ƙoƙarin da ake yi a yankin Afirka ta Kudu da hamadar Sahara wajen faɗaɗa amfani da magungunan PrEP masu tsawon tasiri, tare da tallafin abokan hulɗa na ƙasa da ƙasa kamar The Global Fund da PEPFAR. An riga an fara amfani da Lenacapavir a wasu ƙasashen Afirka, ciki har da Afirka ta Kudu, Eswatini da Zambia, bayan samun amincewar hukumomi da yarjejeniyoyin tallafi.
Shirin shigar da Lenacapavir a Najeriya ana kallonsa a matsayin wani babban ci gaba a yaƙin da ƙasar ke yi da cutar HIV. Masana sun bayyana allurar sau biyu a shekara a matsayin wata babbar dabara da za ta iya sauya alkiblar rigakafin cutar, musamman idan aka kwatanta da shan ƙwayoyin PrEP na kullum.
Ana sa ran maganin mai tsawon tasirin zai ƙara yawan bin umarni da amfani da shi a tsakanin mutanen da ke cikin haɗarin kamuwa da cutar, tare da rage gajiyawar shan ƙwayoyi a kullum da kuma matsalolin samun magani, musamman a yankunan da ke da ƙarancin albarkatu.
NACA ta yi kira ga dukkan masu ruwa da tsaki su ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa domin tabbatar da rarraba maganin cikin adalci da kuma amfani da shi yadda ya kamata da zarar ya iso ƙasar, tana mai jaddada kudurin Najeriya na kawo ƙarshen cutar AIDS a matsayin barazanar lafiyar jama’a ta hanyar amfani da sabbin dabarun rigakafi kamar Lenacapavir.
