Uphando lubonise ukuba ngenxa yokuba ukulunywa ziingcongconi kwenzeka rhoqo emini, ukumanzisa amalaphu anezixovuli zezinambuzane eziqhelekileyo yindlela elula nesebenzayo.
Ukususela eAfrika ukuya eLatin America, ukuya eAsia, kangangeenkulungwane oomama bebesonga iintsana zabo ngelaphu baze bazithwale emqolo. Namhlanje, esi siko, esidluliselwa kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, sinokuba lunyango olusindisa ubomi kwimalariya.
Abaphandi baseUganda bafumanise ukuba ukunyanga iipakethe nge-permethrin yesibulali-zinambuzane kunokunciphisa amazinga e-malaria phakathi kweentsana ezikwiipakethe ngesibini kwisithathu.
I-Malaria ibulala abantu abangaphezu kwama-600,000 minyaka le, uninzi lwabo ngabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emihlanu eAfrika.
Uvavanyo olwenziwe kwilali yasemaphandleni yaseKasese kwintshona yeUganda lubandakanya oomama abangama-400 kunye neentsana zabo, abaneminyaka emalunga neenyanga ezintandathu ubudala. Isiqingatha seentsana sasebenzisa ii-diapers eziphathwe nge-permethrin, ezaziwa apha ekuhlaleni njenge-"lesus," ngelixa esinye isiqingatha sasebenzisa ii-diapers eziqhelekileyo ezinganyangwanga, ezifakwe nje emanzini, njengesibulali-zingcongconi "esihlekisayo".
Abaphandi babalandele kangangeenyanga ezintandathu ukuze babone ukuba zeziphi iintsana ezinemalariya baze baphinde banyange iinabukeni nyanga nganye.
Iintsana ezibotshelelwe ngee-diapers ezinyangiweyo zazinamathuba amancinci kwisibini kwisithathu okufumana i-malaria. Kweli qela leentsana, ukuxhaphaka kwe-malaria yayiyi-0.73 kwiintsana ezili-100 ngeveki, xa kuthelekiswa ne-2.14 kwiintsana ezili-100 ngeveki kwelinye iqela.
Omnye umama, owayekho kwintlanganiso yoluntu ukuze kuxoxwe ngeziphumo zolu vavanyo, wasukuma waza waxelela wonke umntu, “Ndinabantwana abahlanu. Eli lixesha lokuqala ndithwala umntwana nge-napkin enyangiweyo, kwaye lixesha lokuqala ndibelethe umntwana ongazange abe ne-malaria.”
U-Edgar Mugma Mulogo, uprofesa wezempilo yoluntu kunye nomphandi okhokelayo kwiYunivesithi yeSayensi neTekhnoloji yaseMbalala e-Uganda, uthe ezi ziphumo “zinomdla kakhulu” kuye wonke umntu.
"Besilindele iingenelo ezinokubakho, kodwa samangaliswa kakhulu yindlela ezibe nkulu ngayo ezo ngenelo."
Umbhali ohamba naye phambili, uGqr. Ross Boyce weYunivesithi yaseNorth Carolina eChapel Hill, wothuka waza wathi olu vavanyo kufuneka luphindwe ukuqinisekisa ngakumbi iziphumo. “Ngeliphandle, bendingaqinisekanga ekuqaleni ukuba esi siphumo siza kuphumelela,” utshilo uBoyce, “kodwa yiyo loo nto senza uphando.”
Iingcongconi ezithwala iintsholongwane zemalariya zihlala zitya ebusuku, ngoko ke iinethi zeengcongconi bezidlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuthinteleni nasekulawuleni imalariya.
Nangona kunjalo, ziya ziluma abantu ngakumbi ngexesha elingengomsebenzi omkhulu, njengangokuhlwa okanye kusasa, nto leyo enokuba yindlela yokuziqhelanisa ne-moisture nets.
UMulogo uthe: “Ngaphambi kokuba ulale, xa ungaphandle – ingakumbi kwiindawo zasemaphandleni apho iikhitshi zingaphandle kwaye abantu banokutya ngaphandle – kufuneka sifumane isisombululo sokuthintela ukulunywa okunokusasaza imalariya.”
Uthe ii-diapers zifumaneka kakhulu kwezi ndawo kwaye azisetyenziselwa ukuthwala abantwana kuphela kodwa zikwasetyenziselwa neeshawls, amashiti kunye nee-apron. Unethemba lokuba ii-diapers ezinyangiweyo zinokuba sisixhobo ekulweni ne-malaria e-Uganda. Uqaphele ukuba isidingo esinjalo sele sivele kwiindawo ezithatha inxaxheba kolu phando.
Amagosa ezempilo ase-Uganda kunye nentloko yenkqubo ye-malaria yehlabathi ye-World Health Organisation bavakalise inkxalabo malunga nolu phononongo. Olu phononongo lunokuba luncedo kwiintsana, njengoko isiphumo sokukhusela ii-antibodies zoomama siya siphela kancinci kancinci, rhoqo nangaphambi kokuba umntwana agonywe.
Olu phononongo lukwasekelwe kwizifundo zangaphambili zokunyanga iishawls kwiinkampu zababaleki base-Afghanistan, ezibonakalise impumelelo efanayo. Izikhokelo ze-World Health Organisation sele ziyayiqonda impembelelo yokukhusela yempahla ephathwe nge-permethrin ekuthinteleni i-malaria.
UMulogo unethemba lokuqalisa imveliso yasekuhlaleni yeefilimu zokutya ezifakwe emanzini kwixesha elizayo. “Eli liza kuba lithuba elihle lophuhliso lwamashishini asekuhlaleni.”
Abaphandi bathi kufuneka amanyathelo aliqela ngaphambi kokuba le ndlela isetyenziswe ngokubanzi, kuquka nokubonelela ngobungqina bokusebenza kwayo kwezinye iindawo.
UBoyce uthe isibulali-zinambuzane sikhuselekile kwaye sisetyenziswe kwishishini lempahla iminyaka emininzi, kuquka nomkhosi wase-US. Waqala ukudibana nesibulali-zinambuzane ngelixa wayesebenza e-Iraq.
Iintsana ezisongelwe ngee-diapers eziphathwe nge-permethrin zazinomngcipheko ophezulu kancinci wokuba nerhashalala—i-8.5% kunye ne-6%, ngokulandelelana—kodwa zonke iimeko zazincinci kwaye azizange zifune ukuba zikhutshwe kolu phando. UBoyce noMulogo bathi uphando olongezelelweyo luyadingeka ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwale ndlela, kodwa iingenelo zayo zingaphezulu kuneengozi.
UBoyce unethemba lokufunda ukuba ukunyanga iiyunifomu zesikolo kunganciphisa na ukwanda kwemalariya. Nangona kunjalo, uthe okwangoku akanayo imali yesigaba esilandelayo sophando.
Unethemba lokuba olu hlobo lokwenziwa lula luya kutsala abaxhasi. “Nokuba umama uyaqonda into esiyenzayo. Ayikuko oko kubhekiselele kwi-fusion protein inhibitor ethile okanye nantoni na efana naleyo. Sithathe nje izicubu, sazimanzisa, kwaye azibizi kakhulu,” utshilo.
Ixesha leposi: Jan-20-2026