E-NEW YORK, NY - Kutyelelo lwakhe lokuqala eLiberia ehlaselwa yi-Ebola, uMmeli oKhethekileyo osandul 'ukunyulwa kaNobhala-Jikelele weZizwe eziManyeneyo kwi-Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) namhlanje uchaze umbono wakhe wokujongana nesibetho kwinto awayibiza ngokuba "Indlela ye-3C" awayichaza njengokuqonda indima ebalulekileyo "yamazwe, uluntu kunye nolungelelwaniso."
Ethetha nentatheli kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iSpryggs eMonrovia, u-Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed uchaze umbono wakhe wokuqala wemeko emhlabeni “njengoxutyiweyo.” Kwelinye icala, uqala isithuba sakhe “enethemba elikhulu,” kodwa kwelinye icala, uyayibona imiceli mngeni ekhulayo yokuphelisa i-Ebola.
“Asikabikho. Ngokuqinisekileyo kusekuninzi okufuneka kwenziwe ukuze iLiberia kuthiwe ayinayo [i-Ebola],” watsho, evakalisa inkxalabo yokuba impumelelo nokuba nethemba kunokubangela “umlinganiselo othile wokungakhathali.”
Ngethuba lokutyelela kwakhe, intloko entsha ye-UNMEER yadibana noMongameli u-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, uMphathiswa wezeMpilo, abameli bemibutho engekho phantsi korhulumente, kunye nenkqubo ye-UN ehlala "isebenza ngokupheleleyo" phantsi. Edityaniswe nguMthunywa oKhethekileyo we-UN kwi-Ebola uDavid Nabarro, uMnumzana u-Ould Cheikh Ahmed utyelele iziko lonyango, kunye ne-Grand Cape Mount, ebone ukuvutha kwamatyala akutsha nje.
"Utyelelo lwam kwiziko lonyango luqinisekisile ukuba sisenawo kwiindawo ezithile amanani aphezulu kakhulu kuthi," utshilo uMnu. Ould Cheikh Ahmed, njengoko wayegxininisa imfuneko "yokuhlala siphaphile" kwaye ugcine inqanaba elifanayo lokuhlanganisa. kuRhulumente kunye noluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Kummandla onzima waseNtshona Afrika, bamalunga nama-8,220 ababhubhileyo ngenxa yokuqhambuka kwe-Ebola, ngokwamanani amva nje asuka kuMbutho wezeMpilo weZizwe eziManyeneyo (WHO).
Impendulo ye-Ebola kwaye kufuneka ibe "yimfazwe eqhutywa nguRhulumente" njengoko "imalunga nabantu babo, malunga nekamva lelizwe labo," intloko ye-UNMEER yatshela iintatheli. Ukuyiqonda indima yamazwe kubalulekile njengoko kuxhasa iinzame zoluntu oluxhwalekileyo.
“Ukuba asiyijonganga le nto kwinqanaba loluntu, akusayi kubakho mpumelelo ye-Ebola. Iinkokeli zasekuhlaleni, iinkokeli zonqulo noluntu ngokwalo zimele zingapheleli nje ekuvumeni ubukho be-Ebola kodwa kwanedabi eliza kulithabatha ukuphumelela olo tshintsho kwindlela yokuziphatha kwixesha elilinganiselweyo.”
Uthe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ubone xa edibene nabasindileyo kunye neenkokeli ukuba kukho isisombululo esiluqilima ekufuneka "sigcinwe kwaye sigcinwe."
I-"C" yokugqibela "yendlela ye-3C" yakhe, enethemba lokukhokela, ukulungelelanisa. “Baninzi abadlali beqonga abeza kule nto, abaninzi beneenjongo ezintle kakhulu. Kodwa sibaninzi kakhulu kwaye ngamanye amaxesha xa kukho abapheki abaninzi ekhitshini kunzima kakhulu ukukhupha isidlo. Kufuneka sizidibanise, siququzelele ngcono,” ugxininise watsho.
Kwangaxeshanye, uthe kuninzi okwatyalwa abantu baseLiberia ngokwabo, “ukuzimisela kwabo, ukuthanda kwabo nokomelela kwabo.”
“Abantu baseLiberia balwenzile eli dabi labo. Abantu endikhe ndadibana nabo bakwinqanaba loluntu ziinkokeli zoluntu okanye iinkokeli zonqulo, iiimam, iinkokeli zecawe. Bonke banesigqibo esingaqhelekanga. ”
Ukwamkela uMnu Ould Cheikh Ahmed kwisithuba sakhe esitsha, uDkt. Nabarro uthe eli lixesha lakhe lesithandathu eNtshona Afrika ukususela ekuqaleni komsebenzi njengoMququzeleli weNkqubo ye-UN kwi-Ebola ngo-Agasti. Inkqubela phambili ifunyenwe ngabantu kunye noRhulumente waseLiberia, uluntu, abaphenduli bokuqala, oogqirha, abahlengikazi kunye nabanye abasebenzi bezempilo. Kwaye abantu abaye baphola kwi-Ebola "ngoku ngabameli bokwenyani."
“Amanani abalisa ibali elibalulekileyo. Phakathi kukaSeptemba i-epidemiology yathi kukho iimeko ezintsha ze-80 ngosuku lwe-Ebola kweli lizwe. Yayiguquguquka kwaye mhlawumbi ezinye iintsuku zazimbi kunezinye. Kodwa okwangoku inani lingaphantsi kwesihlanu ngosuku kwaye lingaphantsi, ”utshilo uGqr. Nabarro.
Inqanaba elilandelayo kukuqalisa ukujonga apho intsholongwane ikhoyo, fumana abantu abangaphilanga kwaye ubaxhase, ulandelele abafowunelwa babo kwaye ufumane ukuqonda okunzulu malunga nokuqhambuka.
“Eli nqanaba elilandelayo linzima kakhulu kuba ekuphela kwesisombululo kuthi sonke [kukuqinisekisa] ukuba i-Ebola ayikho ebantwini kulo mmandla, ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. Ke kufuneka sisebenzisane ngokwenene ukufumana wonke umntu. Kwaye kukho iziqhushumbisi ezenzekayo njengakwiNtaba ye-Grand Cape… ke kufuneka sihlale siphaphile.”
UMnu. Ould Cheikh Ahmed, ongene ezihlangwini zenkosi yokuqala ye-UNMEER, uAnthony Banbury, uya eSierra Leone ngomso naseGuinea kwiveki ezayo. Ngomso kusasa uNobhala Jikelele we-UN u-Ban Ki-moon uza kwazisa iNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ngohambo lwakhe lwakutsha nje eNtshona Afrika.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- On his first tour of Ebola-stricken Liberia, the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) today outlined his vision to tackle the scourge in what he called a “3C approach” which he described as recognizing the vital roles of “countries, communities and coordination.
- Inqanaba elilandelayo kukuqalisa ukujonga apho intsholongwane ikhoyo, fumana abantu abangaphilanga kwaye ubaxhase, ulandelele abafowunelwa babo kwaye ufumane ukuqonda okunzulu malunga nokuqhambuka.
- The community leaders, religious leaders and the communities themselves must not only acknowledge the existence of Ebola but also the battle it will take to win that behavioural change against a very limited amount of time.
