Kungiyar lafiya ta duniya ta kimmanta kashi 180,000 na masu fama da cutar fuka a Nijeriya kowacce shekara. Kungiyar tace Nijeriya tana cikin kasashe 11 daga 22 wadanda suke da cutar tarin fuka da yawa wanda yakai kashi 80% na dukan duniya.
Yayinda yake ganawa gameda ranar duniya ta cutar fuka a Abuja, Dr. Alhassan yace damuwar Nijeriya ta karu ne tawurin haduwar cutar fuka da kuma kanjamau.
Binciken cutar tarin fuka da aka yi ta nuna marasa lafiya kashi 4.3 ke bukatar shan magani bayan wanda suka sha bai yi masu aiki ba.
Kamar yanzu marasa lafiya 523 sun sami magani kan irin kwayar cutar tarin fuka dake kin magani, da kuma kusan guda 60 sun sami sami lafiya, bisaga kungiyar cutar tarin fuka ta kasa da kuma kauda cutar kuturta.
Kusan marasa lafiya 89 wadanda aka kawo domin maganin cutar tarin fuka an same su da cutar kanjamau a 2013, daga kashi 10 a 2006, bisaga binciken ma’aikatar lafiya ta kasa.
Inji kungiyar lafiya, an kafa wani na’ura mai suna GeneXpert, da yake taimaka tantace kwayar cutar tarin fuka a jiki, ama wurare 52 ne kawai ke amfani da shi a dukan Nijeriya. GeneXpert yana gano kwayar dake kawo cutar tarin fuka kuma yana hana jiki yaki amfani da magani, kuma ana tura shi ya kara ganin inda cutar yake da kuma yaduwarta.