Isitofu sehlabathi jikelele sesitofu sokugonya i-yellow fever sisenokunganeli ukuba uqhambuko ngaxeshanye lufike kwiindawo ezinabantu abaninzi ezingagutyungelwanga ziimpendulo zikaxakeka, i-arhente yezempilo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo iye yalumkisa, iphawula ukuba phakathi kuJuni ka-2016, phantse i-18 yezigidi zeedosi ziye zasasazwa. eAngola, kwiDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), naseUganda kulo nyaka.
Ngokukodwa, ukuqhambuka kwe-Angola kunciphise iidosi ezizizigidi ezithandathu kabini kulo nyaka, inqanaba elingazange libonwe ngaphambili. Kwixesha elidlulileyo, akukho ngaphezu kwezigidi ezine iidosi eziye zasetyenziswa ukulawula ukuqhambuka kwilizwe elinye.
Ngokutsho koMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO), ephakamise inkxalabo namhlanje, abenzi bogonyo behlabathi abakhulu basebenze ubusuku nemini ukugcwalisa isitokhwe, bezisa isitokhwe sehlabathi ukuya kwi-6.2 yezigidi zeedosi ekuqaleni kukaJuni.
I-Urban yellow fever inokusasazeka ngokukhawuleza kwizixeko ezinabantu abaninzi, ibangela ukufa kwamawaka kunye neziphumo ezibi kakhulu zobuntu. Ugonyo lolona nyathelo lubalulekileyo lokuthintela isifo. Kodwa imveliso ithatha ixesha elide - malunga neenyanga ezili-12 - kwaye kunzima ukuqikelela kwangaphambili inani eliya kufuneka ngonyaka ngamnye ukuphendula kuqhambuko.
Kwi-1997, i-WHO, ngokubambisana ne-UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), i-Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) kunye ne-International Federation ye-Red Cross kunye ne-Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), yenza i-International Coordinating Group (ICG) ukulawula isitofu esiphuthumayo. iindawo ezigciniweyo zoqhambuko lwexesha elizayo kunye nokulungelelanisa ukuhanjiswa kwezitofu zokugonya kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo.
I-Yellow fever yaqinisekiswa okokuqala ngomhla we-19 kaJanuwari 2016 e-Angola. Kwiintsuku ezisithoba emva koko, uMphathiswa wezeMpilo e-Angola wacela iidosi ezisisi-1.8 sezigidi kwisitokhwe sehlabathi sogonyo olungxamisekileyo, olwavunywa kwangolo suku lunye.
Ukusukela ngoko, ilizwe lenze izicelo ezongezelelekileyo zogonyo oluvela kwindawo engxamisekileyo kwaye nge-18 kaMeyi lafumana iidosi ezizigidi ezili-11.7 zizonke. Amaphulo aqhubayo okugonya ngenxa yokwanda ngakumbi kwesi sifo abeka iimfuno eziqhubekayo kwimfumba.
Ukongeza, ukuqhambuka kwe-Uganda kunye ne-DRC kuye kwandise ubonelelo lwehlabathi ngeemfuno ezingaphezulu kwe-700,000 kunye ne-2.2 yezigidi zeedosi ngokulandelelanayo.
IYellow fever sisifo esosulela iingcongconi ezosulelekileyo. Igama elithi 'tyheli' egameni libhekisa kwijaundice echaphazela ezinye izigulane. Iimpawu ze-yellow fever ziquka umkhuhlane, intloko ebuhlungu, i-jaundice, intlungu yemisipha, isicaphucaphu, ukuhlanza kunye nokudinwa.