Ministan Kula da Lafiya da Walwalar Jama’a, Farfesa Muhammad Pate, ya bayyana cewa Najeriya na rasa kananan yara 280,000 a cikin kwanaki 28 na farko na rayuwa saboda matsalolin rashin cikar lokaci na haihuwa (prematurity).
Pate ya bayyana wannan adadi mai tayar da hankali ne a ranar Laraba a Abuja yayin taron da aka shirya don murnar Ranar Duniya ta Pneumonia da Prematurity ta 2025, wanda ya samu kaddamar da Shirin Aikin Ceto Rayukan Yara na Najeriya da Jagorar Kula da Cutar Kuskuren Haihuwa ta Kasa.
Ministan ya ce, a cikin Najeriya, ana kuma samun mutuwar yara 162,000 duk shekara sakamakon cutar pneumonia.
Ranar Duniya ta Prematurity ta 2025, wadda ta zo da taken “Ba wa yara masu cikar lokaci ƙarfi don samun kyakkyawar makoma,” da Ranar Duniya ta Pneumonia wadda ta zo da taken “Rayuwar yara, mai mai da hankali kan tasirin pneumonia a matsayin babban sanadin mutuwar yara,” suna dacewa da manufofi da kuma manufofin haɗin gwiwar Sashen Lafiya wajen samar da ingantaccen kulawa ga jarirai da yara ƙanana a wannan zamanin canjin yanayi.
Ranar Duniya ta Prematurity ana tunawa da ita kowace shekara a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba domin wayar da kan jama’a game da haihuwa kafin lokaci da tasirinsa ga lafiya da jin dadin jarirai da iyalansu.
Ranar Duniya ta Pneumonia ana tunawa da ita a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba domin wayar da kan jama’a game da yadda za a yaki wannan cuta.
Farfesa Pate, wanda ya kasance wakilcin Minista, John Urakpa, ya ce bayanan daga Binciken Lafiyar Jama’a na Najeriya sun nuna cewa matakin mutuwar yara masu shekaru kasa da biyar a Najeriya ya ragu daga 201 na kowace 1,000 na haihuwar rai a shekarar 2000 zuwa 110 a 2023—wanda ke nuna ragin kashi 45 cikin dari.
Duk da haka, ya nuna cewa duk da wannan ci gaba, ana hasashen mutuwar yara 850,000 na iya faruwa kowace shekara a Najeriya, wanda za a iya kauce wa mutuwarsu.
Ministan ya gargadi cewa Najeriya tana nan a kan hanya mai nisa wajen cimma burin Manufar Ci Gaba Mai Dorewa na rage yawan mutuwar yara kasa da biyar zuwa kasa da 25 na kowace 1,000 na haihuwar rai kafin shekarar 2030.
Ministan ya ce kowace shekara, ana samun kan yara miliyan 100 na pneumonia a duniya, wanda ke haifar da mutuwar yara 808,920, inda Najeriya da sauran kasashe 14, musamman na yankin Afirka ta Tsakiya, ke dauke da kashi uku daga cikin hudu na mutuwar pneumonia na yara a duniya.
“Najeriya da sauran kasashe 14 suna dauke da kusan kashi uku daga cikin hudu na mutuwar pneumonia a duniya. Wadannan adadi marasa kyau, da sauran cututtukan da ke kashe yara, na ci gaba da zama dalilin babban matakin mutuwar yara kasa da biyar na 110/1,000 na haihuwar rai kamar yadda aka nuna a Binciken Lafiyar Jama’a na 2024,” in ji shi.
Ya ci gaba da cewa: “Duniya tana samun nasara cikin gaggawa wajen yaki da malaria, polio, cutar tarin fuka, da HIV. Abin takaici, pneumonia, wanda ake kira ‘kisan gilla mara laifi’ na yara kasa da biyar, bai samu kulawa sosai ba a matsayin babban sanadin cututtukan yara da mutuwar su.”
Hadakar Ma’aikatar tare da Kungiyar Every Breath Counts da Kungiyar Likitocin Yara ta Najeriya a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata ta samar da tasiri mai matukar amfani. Haɓakar In-Patient Pneumonia Treatment Algorithm ba kawai ta ƙarfafa ƙwarewar likitocin kiwon lafiya na matakin biyu da uku ba wajen kula da pneumonia mai tsanani da wahala, har ma ta taka rawa wajen rage yawan mutuwar yara kasa da biyar daga 132/1,000 a shekarar 2018 zuwa 110/1,000 a shekarar 2024, kamar yadda aka nuna a Binciken Lafiyar Jama’a na 2024.
“Yayinda muke murnar raguwar yawan mutuwar yara kasa da biyar gaba ɗaya, abin takaici, yana bayyana a cikin yanayi na rashin jin daɗi game da lafiyar da tsaron jarirai. Nazarin bayananmu na tsawon shekaru 35 ya nuna raguwar ɗaya daga cikin kididdiga daga 42/1,000 a shekarar 1990 zuwa 41/1,000 a cikin Binciken Lafiyar Jama’a na 2024,” in ji shi.
A cewarsa, mutuwar kananan yara 280,000 a cikin kwanaki 28 na farko na rayuwarsu saboda rashin cikar lokaci, da kuma mutuwar yara 162,000 saboda pneumonia kowace shekara, na jefa matsala ga tsarin lafiya na Najeriya.
A bangaren nasa, Pate ya ce saboda gane bukatar samun dabaru masu inganci na ceto rayukan yara da kuma haɓaka lafiyar su, da taimakon masu ruwa da tsaki, Ma’aikatar ta kaddamar da Shirin Aikin Ceto Rayukan Yara na Najeriya wanda zai rage mutuwar yara kasa da biyar zuwa kasa da 25 kowace 1,000 kafin shekarar 2030.
Shirin yana ɗaukar matakai masu yawa na shawarwari tare da haɗa lafiya, ilimi, abinci, da tsaro na yara domin tabbatar da ceto rayukan yara da ci gaban su gaba ɗaya.
Ya kara da cewa daya daga cikin manyan kalubalen ci gaba ga yara kasa da biyar shine kuskuren haihuwa, wanda shi ne babban dalilin mutuwar yara a Najeriya.
Ya ce bayanai sun nuna ƙaruwar wannan matsala, wanda ya sa aka ƙaddamar da Jagorar Kula da Kuskuren Haihuwa ta Kasa ta 2025 don samar da tsarin gano cututtuka tun da wuri, inganta kulawa, da kuma hana ta ta hanyar amfani da tsarin sa ido na asibitoci a duk fadin kasar.
Sakataren Dindindin na Ma’aikatar, Daju Kachollom, ya bayyana cewa Ma’aikatar tana aiki tukuru wajen ƙarfafa samar da kulawa na lafiya na farko a matakin al’umma, fadada ayyukan ceto rayukan jarirai da yara, ciki har da amfani da na’urar Oxygen, Kangaroo Mother Care, da kuma ci gaban shayarwa tun daga wuri na farko, da kuma inganta yanke shawara bisa bayanai don tallafa zuba jari na adalci da rufe gibin samar da ayyuka a fadin kasar.
“Na gayyace mu duka mu yi amfani da wannan tunawa a matsayin dama don sabunta sadaukar da mu na haɗin kai—mu yi aiki tare a dukkan matakai na tsarin lafiya, mu ba da fifiko ga sabbin dabaru da haɗin kai wajen samar da kulawar lafiya ga yara, kuma mu tabbatar da cewa babu wani yaro, duk da inda yake ko yanayin da yake ciki, da za a bar shi a baya,” in ji Kachollom, wanda wakilcinsa Dr. Amina Mohammed, Daraktan Sashen Lafiyar Yara, ta bayyana.
Manajan Lafiya na UNICEF Najeriya, Dr. Martin Dohlsten, ya bayyana cewa pneumonia na ci gaba da kasancewa babban sanadin cuta a cikin yara a duniya da Najeriya.
“Yayinda haihuwar jarirai kafin lokaci ke daya daga cikin manyan dalilan mutuwar jarirai a Najeriya, duk waɗannan kalubalen suna buƙatar haɗin kai da kulawa mai dorewa. Taken na 2025 na nuna cikakken alhakin haɗin kai don tabbatar da cewa kowanne yaro a Najeriya yana da damar rayuwa, amma kuma ya samu damar bunƙasa.”
UNICEF Najeriya na fatan yin aiki kafada da kafada da Ma’aikatar Kula da Lafiya ta Tarayya da sauran abokan haɗin gwiwa don ƙara haskaka waɗannan sakonnin, tara masu ruwa da tsaki, da ƙarfafa ayyukan don tabbatar da lafiyar yara na Najeriya.
“Ta hanyar tunawa da waɗannan ranaku a ƙarƙashin taro guda, muna tabbatar da ra’ayinmu na haɗin gwiwa na wata makoma inda babu yaro a Najeriya da zai mutu sakamakon cututtuka da za a iya kauce wa, kuma kowanne jariri zai sami mafi kyawun farawa a rayuwarsa,” in ji shi.
