I-Omicron Akufuneki ibe yinto emangalisayo

I-UN yayinokuxolelwa ngokuba ithi 'bendikuxelele' xa kwacaca ngoNovemba ukuba ukwahluka okusasazeka kwe-COVID-19, okubizwa ngegama leGrike unobumba u-Omicron, yayingunobangela wenkxalabo, ebonakala ngathi isasazeka ngokukhawuleza kakhulu kunoko. eyona nxalenye ibalaseleyo yeDelta.

Kodwa ngelixa uloyiko lwaluqondakala, ukufika kuka-Omicron bekungafanelanga ukuba kube yinto emangalisayo, kunikwe izilumkiso ezingaguqukiyo ezivela kwi-UN ukuba utshintsho olutsha lwalungenakuthintelwa, ngenxa yokungaphumeleli koluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu, hayi nje abemi abazizityebi. amazwe, bayagonywa.

'Ukungaphumeleli kwimilinganiselo yokuziphatha'

NgoJanuwari, u-António Guterres, uNobhala-Jikelele weZizwe eziManyeneyo, wayesele ekhala ngesenzo sokuzibulala "sokugonywa", kunye namazwe amaninzi angafuni ukujonga ngaphaya kwemida yawo xa kuziwa kwi-inoculations.

Intloko yoMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi e-Afrika, uMatshidiso Moeti, ukugxekile “ukugcinwa kwesitofu sokugonya” esithi, kuyakwandisa kwaye kulibazise ukuchacha kwelizwekazi: “Akukho sikweni kakhulu ukuba abona bantu basesichengeni base-Afrika banyanzelwa ukuba balinde amayeza ngelixa bephantsi. -amaqela asemngciphekweni kumazwe atyebileyo enziwa akhuseleke”.

Kwangelo xesha, i-WHO yayilumkisa ngokwesiprofetho ukuba okukhona kuthatha ixesha ukucinezela ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19, kokukhona umngcipheko wokuba izinto ezintsha ezahlukeneyo, ezixhathisayo kugonyo, zivele, kwaye uTedros wachaza ukungalingani kogonyo “njengentlekele enkulu. ukusilela ekuziphatheni”, esongeza ukuba “ixabiso loku kusilela liya kuhlawulwa ngobomi kunye nempilo kumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo kwihlabathi”.

Njengoko iinyanga zazihamba, i-WHO yaqhubeka nokuthumela umyalezo ekhaya. NgoJulayi, ngokuvela kweyantlukwano yeDelta, eyathi yaba yeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo ye-COVID-19, kunye nesiganeko esibi sokufa kwezigidi ezine okubangelwa yintsholongwane (oku kunyuke kwaya kutsho kwizigidi ezihlanu kwiinyanga nje ezine kamva), uTedros wabeka ityala. ngokuthe ngqo ekunqongophelweni kokwenziwa nokusasazwa kwesitofu sokugonya ngokulinganayo.

I-COVAX: inzame yembali yehlabathi

Kwiinzame zokuxhasa abona bantu basemngciphekweni, i-WHO ikhokele inyathelo le-COVAX, lelona nyathelo likhawulezayo, elilungelelanisiweyo neliyimpumelelo kwimbali yokulwa isifo.

Ixhaswe ngemali ngamazwe atyebileyo kunye nabanikezeli babucala, abanyuse ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezi-2 zeedola, i-COVAX yasungulwa kwiinyanga zokuqala zobhubhane, ukuqinisekisa ukuba abantu abahlala kumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo abayi kushiywa ngaphandle, xa izitofu zokugonya eziyimpumelelo zeza kwintengiso.

Ukukhutshwa kwezitofu zokugonya kumazwe asaphuhlayo ngenyathelo le-COVAX, kwaqala ngeGhana kunye neCôte d'Ivoire ngo-Matshi, kunye neYemen, ilizwe elidlakazwe yimfazwe kubunzima bezemali, lafumana ibhetshi yalo yokuqala yezitofu ngoMatshi, okomzuzwana iingcali zempilo zachaza. njengomtshintshi-mdlalo kumlo ochasene ne-COVID-19. Ngo-Epreli, iibhetshi zezitofu zokugonya zazithunyelwe kumazwe angaphezu kwe-100 nge-COVAX.

Nangona kunjalo, ingxaki yokungalingani kwesitofu kusekude ukuba isonjululwe: i-WHO yabhengeza nge-14 kaSeptemba ukuba ngaphezu kwe-5.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedosi zokugonya ziye zalawulwa kwihlabathi jikelele, kodwa zi-2 ekhulwini kuphela eziye zaya kubantu base-Afrika.

Imfundo, impilo yengqondo, iinkonzo zokuzala

Kanye nokuchaphazela ngokuthe ngqo impilo yezigidi zabantu kwihlabathi liphela, lo bhubhani ube neziphumo ezininzi, ukusuka kunyango lwezifo, ukuya kwimfundo kunye nempilo yengqondo.

Ukuxilongwa komhlaza kunye nonyango, umzekelo, kwaphazamiseka kakhulu kwisiqingatha sawo onke amazwe; abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi baye baphoswa kukhathalelo oluyimfuneko lwesifo sephepha; ukwanda kokungalingani kwathintela abo bakumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo ukuba bafikelele kwiinkonzo zikaGawulayo; kunye neenkonzo zokuzala zanyuswa kwizigidi zabasetyhini.

Iiarhente zeZizwe eziManyeneyo zikholelwa ukuba, eMzantsi Asia kuphela, ukuphazamiseka okumandla kwiinkonzo zempilo ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19 kunokuba nesiphumo sokubhubha kwabantwana kunye noomama abangama-239,000 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngelixa e-Yemen, impembelelo enzulu yobhubhane ikhokelele kubhubhani. imeko eyintlekele apho ibhinqa lifa ekubelekeni rhoqo kwiiyure ezimbini.

Umthwalo onzima kubantwana

Ngokumalunga nempilo yengqondo, unyaka ophelileyo ube nempembelelo enkulu kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa inani labarhanelwayo belinzima kakhulu kubantwana nakubantu abancinci. I-arhente yabantwana ye-UN (i-UNICEF) idize ngoMatshi ukuba abantwana ngoku baphila “indlela entsha etshabalalisayo negqwethekileyo”, kwaye loo nkqubela ibuyele umva phantse kuwo onke amanyathelo abalulekileyo obuntwana.

Abantwana abakumazwe asakhasayo baye bachaphazeleka ngokukodwa, kuqikelelwa ukuba amazinga entlupheko yabantwana anyuke malunga neepesenti ezili-15: abantwana abongezelelweyo abazizigidi ezili-140 kula mazwe nabo kuqikelelwa ukuba kumakhaya ahlala ngaphantsi kwentlupheko.

Ngokuphathelele imfundo, imiphumo iye yaba mibi kakhulu. I-168 lezigidi zabantwana besikolo kwihlabathi liphela baphoswe phantse unyaka wonke ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane, kwaye ngaphezulu kwesinye kwabathathu, abakwazanga ukufikelela ekufundeni okude, xa kuvalwe izikolo.

I-UNICEF iphinde yawuphinda umyalezo wayo osuka ku-2020 wokuba ukuvalwa kwezikolo makube ngumbandela wokugqibela. Inkosi yale arhente, uHenrietta Fore, uthe ngoJanuwari “akukho nzame ekufuneka yenziwe” ukugcina abantwana besesikolweni. “Ubuchule babantwana bokufunda, ukubhala nokwenza izibalo ezisisiseko buchaphazelekile, kwaye nezakhono abazidingayo ukuze baphumelele kuqoqosho lwenkulungwane yama-21 zihlile”, wabhengeza oko.

Ngo-Agasti, emva kweeholide zeHlobo, i-UNICEF kunye ne-WHO zakhupha iingcebiso zokubuyela ngokukhuselekileyo kwigumbi lokufundela, ezibandakanya ukwenza abasebenzi besikolo babe yinxalenye yezicwangciso zelizwe zokugonyelwa i-coronavirus, kunye nokugonywa kwabo bonke abantwana abaneminyaka eyi-12 nangaphezulu.

I-COVID-19 ayisiyiyo 'intlekele eyenzeka kanye'

Ecaleni kweminxeba yolingano olukhulu lwesitofu sokugonya apha enyakeni, i-UN yaphinda yaqhubela ekhaya ukubaluleka kokuyila indlela entsha yokusabela kubhubhane wexesha elizayo, ikhankanya ukusilela kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wokuphendula amazwe ngamazwe kwi-COVID-19.

Uthotho lweentlanganiso zaye zabizwa yi-WHO, ebandakanya izazinzulu kunye nabaqulunqi bemigaqo-nkqubo, kwaye ngoMeyi, kwabhengezwa ukwakhiwa kwendawo yamazwe ngamazwe yokulawula ubhubhane eBerlin, ejolise ekuqinisekiseni ukulungela okubhetele kunye nokusekuhleni kumlo ochasene nezoyikiso zempilo zehlabathi ezinokubakho.

NgoJulayi, iqela le-G20 lelona qoqosho likhulu lipapashe ingxelo ezimeleyo malunga nokulungela ubhubhane, negqibe kwelokuba ukhuseleko lwezempilo lwehlabathi luxhaswa ngezimali ngokuyingozi.

Usihlalo wephaneli, wezopolitiko waseSingapore uTharman Shanmugaratnam, uphawule ukuba i-COVID-19 ibingeyontlekele inye, kwaye ukunqongophala kwenkxaso-mali kuthetha ukuba "sisengozini yobhubhani we-COVID-19, ngamaza aphindaphindiweyo achaphazela onke amazwe. , kwaye sikwasemngciphekweni wobhubhane wexesha elizayo”.

Nangona kunjalo, unyaka uphelile ngenqaku elincomekayo malunga nentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe: kwiseshoni ekhethekileyo ye-WHO ye-World Health Assembly ekupheleni kukaNovemba, amazwe avumile ukuphuhlisa isivumelwano esitsha sehlabathi malunga nokuthintela ubhubhane.

Inkosi ye-WHO uTedros uvumile ukuba kusekho umsebenzi onzima ongaphambili kodwa wasincoma isivumelwano “njengesizathu sokubhiyozela, kunye nesizathu sethemba, esiya kulidinga”.