Nigeria na yo yemeje urukingo rwa malaria

    • Umwanditsi, Chris Ewokor
    • Igikorwa, BBC News, Abuja

Nigeria yemeje ikoreshwa ry'urukingo rushya rwa malaria rwakozwe n'abahanga muri siyansi bo kuri Kaminuza ya Oxford yo mu Bwongereza.

Irwemeje hashize iminsi Ghana ibaye igihugu cya mbere ku isi cyemeje ikoreshwa ry'uru rukingo, ruzwi nka R21.

Umukuru w'ikigo cya Nigeria kigenzura ubuziranenge bw'ibiribwa n'imiti, Mojisola Adeyeye, yavuze ko urwo rukingo ruzakoreshwa mu kurinda malaria abana bafite hagati y'amezi atanu n'imyaka itatu – itsinda rishegeshwa cyane na malaria.

Uku kwemeza ikoreshwa ry'uru rukingo ntigusanzwe kuko kubayeho mbere yuko hatangazwa ibyavuye mu igeragezwa rya nyuma ry'uru rukingo, byibazwa ko rukingira malaria ku gipimo cya 80%.

Nigeria ni yo ifite umubare wa mbere munini ku isi w'abantu bicwa na malaria.

Iyi ndwara yica abantu barenga 6,000 ku isi buri mwaka – benshi muri bo ni abana bo muri Afurika yo munsi y'ubutayu bwa Sahara.