Asibitin Koyarwa na Jami’ar Abubakar Tafawa Ɓarkewa (ATBUTH) da ke Bauchi zai fara gwajin rigakafin cutar zazzabin Lassa.
Wannan shiri na da nufin tabbatar da ingancin rigakafin, kuma wani ɓangare ne na babban shiri mai kasashe da yawa mai suna “Background Rates of Adverse Events for Vaccine Evaluation in Africa (BRAVE).”
ATBUTH na daga cikin cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya huɗu a Najeriya da aka zaɓa don wannan aikin na tsawon shekaru uku (tare da yiwuwar ƙarin shekaru biyu don sa ido). Sauran su ne Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Tarayya (Owo) da Babban Asibitin Irrua da Asibitin Koyarwa na Jami’ar Benin.
Wannan shiri, wanda Gidauniyar Ƙasa da Ƙasa kan Cututtukan Masu Saurin Yaɗuwa a Najeriya (IFAIN) ke gudanarwa tare da haɗin gwiwar Global Vaccine Data Network, zai tantance yanayin kiwon lafiya na yau da kullun a cikin al’umma kafin a gabatar da rigakafin.
Bayanan farkon za su taimaka wajen gano duk wani mummunan tasiri da zai iya faruwa bayan an ba da rigakafin.
A cewar Farfesa Yusuf Jibrin Bara, Babban Daraktan Kula da Lafiya na ATBUTH, wannan aikin yana nuna ci gaban binciken Najeriya.
Dokta Bernard Ebruke, Daraktan IFAIN na Bincike a Najeriya, ya jaddada cewa aikin BRAVE zai ƙarfafa tsarin sa ido da tattara bayanai don tabbatar da lafiyar rigakafi.
Aikin zai tattara bayanai daga marasa lafiya da suka haɗa da yara, mata masu juna biyu da masu jego, da kuma sassan kula da manya na ATBUTH, tare da mayar da hankali kan yanayin da ke da alaƙa da zazzabin Lassa da kuma rigakafin nan gaba.
Wannan zai samar da mahimman bayanai kan yawan cututtuka a Jihar Bauchi.
