Sei kuongororwa kwevacheche munguva pfupi kwakakosha?
Kudzivirira kutapurirwa utachiona hweHIV kubva kuna amai huchienda kumwana ndicho chimwe chebudiriro huru mukugamuchira utachiona hweHIV. Tava kuona madzimai akawanda ari kutora mishonga yemaAntiretroviral (ART) uye utachiona hweHIV muvana huri kudzikira.
Zvisinei, kufambira mberi mukuongorora kwevacheche kwave kushoma. Muna 2019, vacheche vasingasviki makumi matanhatu kubva muzana vakavhenekwa utachiona hweHIV mumasvondo masere ekutanga, uye chikamu chemakumi mashanu nematatu kubva muzana chevana vane utachiona hweHIV ndivo vakatanga chirongwa cheART mumatunhu mazhinji. Ichi ndicho chimwe chezvakakosha zvikuru kune vanorapa utachiona hweHIV. Pasina kuongororwa uye kurapwa, vacheche vadiki vanotarisana nenjodzi huru dzerufu kana kurwara zvakanyanya. Kuvandudza ongororo kuchaita kuti vana vakawanda vane utachiona hweHIV vararame hupenyu hurefu uye vane hutano.
Chii chinonzi point-of-care diagnosis uye ingabatsira sei?
Munzvimbo zhinji, panogona kuita kunonoka kwenguva refu pakati pekunge mwana aitwa ongororo uye kana abuda ave kutorwa. Izvi zvinodaro nekuti masampuli anofanira kuendeswa kumarabhoritari - ayo kazhinji ari kure - kuti awane mhinduro.
Nguva dzekumirira idzi dzirefu dzinononotsa vacheche kuti vatange kurapwa, uye mune dzimwe nguva zvinogona kureva kuti ongororo hadzitorwe uye vana vanosara vasina kuonekwa.
VeWorld Health Organisation vanokurudzira kuti ongororo dzevacheche dzidzoserwe kumhuri pasati papfuura mazuva makumi matatu mwana aongororwa. Zvisinei, unganomira kwenguva inosvika mazuva makumi mashanu nemashanu, zvichireva kuti vacheche havawanzopinzwa ART kwemwedzi wekutanga kana njodzi yavo yerufu yakanyanya.
Midziyo mitsva yekuyedza-yekutarisira zvinoreva kuti masampuli evacheche haafanire kuendeswa kumarabhoritari kuti aongororwe. Nekudaro, vashandi vezvehutano kumakiriniki vanogona kuita ongororo ivo vega vopa mhuri mhinduro yavo. Izvi zvinoreva kuti ongororoyacho inogona kudzoserwa kumhuri muzuva rimwe chete iro, uye vacheche vanogona kutanga kurapwa ipapo. Izvi zvinodzivirira kuti ongororo isina kutorwa uye kuti vana vasiiwe vasina kuongororwa.
Ongororo idzi dziri kutoshandiswa mune mamwe makiriniki emuZimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa, neMozambique, uko vakawana mhinduro dzinoshamisa. Mune chimwe chiitiko, chikamu chevacheche vari kutanga chirongwa cheART mukati memazuva makumi matanhatu chakawedzera kubva pa43.3% nekuongororwa murabhoritari kusvika pa92.3% mushure mekuongororwa kwekutarisirwa kwakatangwa.
Point-of-care testing inowanzoti chipei, uye mimwe midziyo inogona kupawo uhwandu hwehutachiona uyezve kuongororwa kwechokosoro.