U Rwanda rwatoranyijwe gukorerwamo ubushakashatsi ku muti mushya ushobora kurinda abantu kwandura indwara ya Malaria mu gihe kirekire, binyuze mu rushinge rumwe. Ubu bushakashatsi bwatangijwe n’umuryango Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), ku bufatanye n’ikigo nyarwanda gikora ubushakashatsi ku buzima, Rinda Ubuzima.
Uyu muti mushya witwa MMV371, uri mu cyiciro cya mbere cy’ubushakashatsi ku bantu, kizwi nka Phase 1b. Ni ubushakashatsi bwa mbere bw’ubwoko nk’ubu bukorewe muri Afurika, bugamije gusuzuma umutekano w’uyu muti, uko umubiri uwakira n’uko ushobora kugira uruhare mu gukumira Malaria.
Amakuru yatangajwe ku wa 2 Ugushyingo 2026 agaragaza ko ubu bushakashatsi buzibanda ku bantu bakuru n’ingimbi, bafite imyaka iri hagati ya 12 na 50. Biteganyijwe ko hazitabira abantu bagera kuri 80, bazakurikiranywa n’abashakashatsi mu gihe cy’amezi agera kuri arindwi.
MMV371 ni umuti wagenewe gutangwa mu rushinge rumwe, ukaba ushobora kumara igihe urinda umuntu kwandura Malaria. Ubushakashatsi bwabanje gukorerwa mu Bwongereza bwagaragaje ko uyu muti wakiriwe neza n’abawitabiriye, kandi ko ushobora gutanga uburinzi bumara hafi amezi atatu.
Mu bushakashatsi buzabera mu Rwanda, abahanga bazasuzuma niba uyu muti udatera ingaruka zikomeye ku bawuhabwa, uko winjira mu maraso n’uko umubiri uwukoresha. Bazanareba niba ushobora kugabanya ibyago byo kwandura Malaria.
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Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Medicines for Malaria Venture, Dr. Martin Fitchet, yavuze ko kurandura Malaria bisaba gukomeza gukoresha neza uburyo busanzwe bwo kuyirinda, ariko hakongerwaho n’ikoranabuhanga n’ubundi buryo bushya bwo kuyikumira.
Yagaragaje ko imiti itangwa mu rushinge rumwe ishobora gufasha abantu kubona uburinzi bumara igihe kirekire, bityo ikaba ubundi buryo bwunganira ingamba zisanzwe zo kurwanya Malaria.
Umuyobozi Nshingwabikorwa wa Rinda Ubuzima, Marie Michele Umulisa, na we yagaragaje ko gukorera ubu bushakashatsi mu Rwanda ari intambwe igaragaza uruhare rw’ibigo nyarwanda mu guteza imbere ubushakashatsi n’udushya mu rwego rw’ubuzima.
Yashimangiye ko ubufatanye nk’ubu bufasha abashakashatsi bo muri Afurika kugira uruhare mu gushaka ibisubizo by’ibibazo by’indwara zibangamiye abaturage b’uyu mugabane.
Nubwo uyu muti mushya ushobora kuzagira uruhare rukomeye mu kurwanya Malaria, abashakashatsi baracyakeneye ibindi byiciro by’ubushakashatsi kugira ngo hemezwe neza umutekano wawo n’ubushobozi bwo kurinda abantu kwandura iyo ndwara. Bityo, nturafatwa nk’umuti wamaze kwemezwa gukoreshwa mu rwego rusanzwe rwo kwirinda Malaria.
Ni ngombwa kandi gutandukanya uyu muti n’inkingo za Malaria zisanzwe zizwi nka RTS,S na R21, zikoreshwa mu kurinda abana bato mu bihugu birimo Malaria. MMV371 yo ni umuti utangwa mu rushinge ugamije gutanga uburinzi bumara igihe, kandi uracyari mu bushakashatsi.
Malaria ikomeje kuba ikibazo gikomeye cy’ubuzima ku isi, cyane cyane muri Afurika. Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (OMS/WHO) rigaragaza ko mu 2024 abantu bagera kuri miliyoni 282 banduye Malaria ku isi, naho abagera ku bihumbi 610 bagapfa bazize iyo ndwara. Abagera kuri 95% by’abapfuye bari muri Afurika.
Mu Rwanda, Malaria ikomeje kuba imwe mu ndwara zanduza abantu benshi, ari na yo mpamvu igihugu gikomeje gushyira imbaraga mu kuyikumira no kuyivura, binyuze mu kurwanya imibu iyikwirakwiza, gukoresha inzitiramibu, gusukura aho abantu batuye no kwihutira kwivuza igihe bagaragaje ibimenyetso byayo.
Ubu bushakashatsi bushobora gufungura andi mahirwe mu kurwanya Malaria, cyane cyane mu gihe hagaragaye ko uyu muti ufite umutekano kandi ushobora gutanga uburinzi burambye. Icyakora, ibisubizo by’ubushakashatsi ni byo bizagaragaza niba ushobora kwagurirwa abandi bantu no kwemezwa gukoreshwa mu bihugu birimo Malaria.
