Daga: Zubaida Abubakar Ahmad
A wani sabon yunƙuri na rage shakkun kan yiwa yara allurar rigakafi , masu ruwa da tsaki a jihar Kano sun ƙaddamar da wani gangami na jan hankali a ƙarƙashin shirin bayar da rigakafin da ake yiwa yara ta Najeriya (VaxSocial), tare da tallafin Save the Children.
An kaddamar da shirin ne a yayin wani taron bita na yini daya da nufin bunkasa kididdigar kasafin kudi da kiwon lafiya da rigakafi na jihar Kano.
Da take jawabi a yayin taron, shugabar ayyuka na VaxSocial, Dakta Felicia Mariga, ta ce aikin na kokarin inganta harkar rigakafi a tsakanin yara ‘yan kasa da shekaru biyar, da rage yawan mace-macen yara da za a iya hana su, da magance yada labaran karya.
“A halin yanzu, bayanai sun nuna cewa sama da yara miliyan 36 a Najeriya ba su samu allurar rigakafi ba, wanda hakan ya sa su zama masu fama da cututtuka da za a iya magance su, wannan ba abu ne da za a amince da shi ba, allurar riga-kafi wata hanya ce ta tabbatar da baiwa yara damar fara rayuwa cikin koshin lafiya,” in ji Dokta Mariga.
Ta lura cewa akidar addini, ka’idojin al’adu da kafafen yada labarai, sun ba da gudummawa sosai wajen rigakafin a cikin al’ummomi da yawa.
“Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa kafofin watsa labarun za su kasance muhimmin bangare na dabarun haɗin gwiwarmu.
”Dole ne mu magance rashin fahimta kai tsaye inda ake yada labaran kan layi tare da fadada sahihan bayanai masu mahimmanci na al’ada ga jama’a,” in ji ta.
yakin wayar da kan na VaxSocial tana son ya kai 80% na ɗaukar yara ‘yan ƙasa da shekaru biyar, ‘yan mata da mata da ke cikin haɗarin kamuwa da cutar sankara ta mahaifa, da kuma yaran “sifili”, waɗanda ba su taɓa samun wani alluran rigakafi ba da waɗanda suka fara rigakafin amma ba su kammala ba.
A jihar Kano matakin gwaje-gwajen zai shafi kananan hukumomi shida, Ungoggo, Gezawa, Kumbotso, Dala, Nassarawa, da Kano Municipal. An fara aikin ne a Legas a watan Yunin 2024, aka fadada shi zuwa Kano a watan Yunin 2025, kuma zai ci gaba har zuwa Nuwamba 2025.
Shima da yake jawabi a wajen taron, Salisu Yusuf, Shugaban Kungiyoyin Farar Hula (CSOs) akan shirin bunkasa kashi na Zero Dose a Kano, ya jaddada muhimmancin tabbatar da gaskiya, samar da ayyuka, da rikon amana.
“Wannan aikin ba wai maganin rigakafi kawai ba ne, yana nufin karfafa tsarin ne, a matsayinmu na CSOs, muna aiki a dukkanin kananan hukumomin Kano 44 duk da cewa wannan aikin ya shafi shida ne kawai. Burinmu shine mu wayar da kan jama’a domin karin iyalai su san da kuma daukar mataki,” inji shi.
Ya kuma bayyana muhimmancin hadin gwiwa tsakanin cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya a matakin farko, da ma’aikatar lafiya, da kafafen yada labarai, da kungiyoyin jama’a, da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki, inda ya yi kira da a ba da hadin kai domin samun sakamako mai yawa.
Taron ya samu halartar masu ruwa da tsaki daga kafafen yada labarai, kungiyoyin CSO, da wakilai daga kungiyar Save the Children da ke Kano.