Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi ta Najeriya (NCDC) ta daga ƙararrawa a ranar Alhamis kan karuwar masu kamuwa da cutar dengue fever, inda aka tabbatar da rasuwar mutum guda a Jihar Sokoto.
A cikin sabon Rahoton Halin da ake ciki (Situation Report) da cibiyar ta fitar, an bayyana cewa an samu mutum 29 da ake zargin sun kamu da dengue fever a Sokoto a watan Nuwamba, 2025.
Daga cikinsu, an tabbatar da mutane shida ta hanyar gwaje-gwajen dakin bincike, yayin da mutum daya ya rasu, lamarin da ya kai adadin mace-macen cutar (Case Fatality Rate – CFR) zuwa kashi 16.67 cikin ɗari a watan.
Rahoton ya kuma nuna cewa daga watan Janairu zuwa Nuwamba 2025, Najeriya ta samu jimillar mutane 735 da ake zargin sun kamu da dengue fever, daga cikinsu 219 aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar, tare da rasuwar mutane biyu.
Wannan ya kai adadin mace-macen cutar a matakin kasa baki daya zuwa kashi 0.91 cikin ɗari, a fadin jihohi biyar da kananan hukumomi 17.
Da yake magana kan lamarin, Darakta Janar na NCDC, Dakta Jide Idris, ya gargadi cewa cutar dengue fever, duk da cewa ba a yawan bayar da rahotonta, tana kara zama barazana ga lafiyar jama’a a Najeriya sakamakon sauyin yanayi, yawaitar birane da kuma raunin matakan yaki da sauro.
“Alkaluman watan Nuwamba na da muhimmanci matuka, domin suna nuna ci gaba da yaduwar cutar a Jihar Sokoto tare da bayyana hadarin kamuwa da mummunan yanayi, ciki har da mutuwa, idan ba a gano cutar da wuri ba,” in ji rahoton NCDC.
Rahoton ya kara da cewa Jihar Edo, da ta samu mutum 537 da ake zargin sun kamu, da kuma Jihar Sokoto mai mutum 96, su ne suka hada kashi 86.4 cikin ɗari na dukkan mutanen da ake zargin sun kamu da dengue fever a fadin kasar nan daga Janairu zuwa Nuwamba 2025. Wannan na nuna cewa wadannan jihohi na daga cikin wuraren da cutar ke yawan yaduwa.
A Jihar Sokoto kadai, kananan hukumomi uku — Sokoto ta Kudu, Sokoto ta Arewa da Wurno — sun samu rahoton wadanda ake zargi da kuma wadanda aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar, inda Karamar Hukumar Sokoto ta Kudu ta fi samun adadi mafi yawa.
“Yawaitar masu kamuwa da cutar a wasu jihohi kalilan na nuna bukatar kara sa ido, inganta gwaje-gwajen dakin bincike, da kuma daukar tsauraran matakan yaki da sauro a yankunan da ke fama da cutar,” in ji cibiyar.
Rahoton ya kuma bayyana cewa rukunin shekaru 31 zuwa 50 ne suka fi kamuwa da cutar, inda suka kai kashi 43.84 cikin ɗari na dukkan wadanda aka tabbatar sun kamu. Masana lafiya na ganin wannan na iya yin tasiri ga tattalin arziki, duba da cewa wannan rukuni na cikin shekarun aiki da samar da ci gaba.
Duk da cewa adadin mace-macen cutar a matakin kasa bai yi yawa ba, NCDC ta gargadi jama’a da kada su yi sakaci.
“Cutar dengue fever na iya rikidewa zuwa mummunan yanayi cikin gaggawa idan ba a kula da ita yadda ya kamata ba. Neman kulawar lafiya da wuri da kuma gano cutar cikin lokaci na da matukar muhimmanci wajen rage mace-mace,” in ji cibiyar.
NCDC ta bukaci gwamnatocin jihohi, ma’aikatan lafiya da al’umma baki daya da su kara kaimi wajen daukar matakan kariya, ciki har da tsaftace muhalli, kawar da wuraren da sauro ke hayayyafa, da kuma gaggauta kai rahoton duk wata cuta mai zazzabi.
“Kare lafiyar ‘yan Najeriya na bukatar ci gaba da taka-tsantsan. Cutar dengue fever cuta ce da ake iya rigakafinta, kuma da gano ta da wuri da daukar matakin gaggawa, ana iya kauce wa mace-mace,” NCDC ta jaddada.
Cibiyar ta tabbatar wa ‘yan Najeriya cewa tana aiki kafada da kafada da hukumomin lafiya na jihohi domin karfafa sa ido, wayar da kai da kuma shirin tunkarar barkewar cututtuka yayin da kasar ke shigowa shekarar 2026.
Idan kana bukatar taƙaitaccen sigar rediyo, ko labarin talabijin, ko kuma gyara shi domin shafin yanar gizo, zan iya yi maka nan take.
