Isifo sephepha (Tuberculosis) (TB) sisoyikiso esimandla sempilo yehlabathi, kwaye esinye sezixhobo ezingundoqo ekulweni naso sisibulali-ntsholongwane i-Rifampicin. Nakuba kunjalo, ngenxa yokwanda kweemeko kwihlabathi jikelele, i-Rifampicin - ichiza elikumgangatho wegolide le-TB - ngoku ijongene nokunqongophala.

I-Rifampicin licandelo elibalulekileyo lerejimeni zonyango lwe-TB, njengoko isebenza kakhulu kwiintlobo zesi sifo esinganyangekiyo ngamachiza. Ikwalelona lachiza lisetyenziswa kakhulu lokulwa i-TB, elinezigulane ezingaphezu kwesigidi kwihlabathi jikelele ezinyangwa ngayo minyaka le.

Izizathu zokunqongophala kwe-Rifampicin zinamacala amaninzi. Ubonelelo lwehlabathi jikelele lwechiza lubethwe yimiba yokwenziwa kwemveliso kumaziko abalulekileyo emveliso, okukhokelele ekwehleni kwemveliso. Ukongeza, ukunyuka kwemfuno yechiza kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi kunye nephakathi, apho i-TB ixhaphake kakhulu, ibeke uxinzelelo olungaphaya kwikhonkco lonikezelo.

Ukunqongophala kwe-Rifampicin kuzishiye iingcali zempilo kunye nabakhankasi bexhalabile, kukho inkxalabo yokuba ukunqongophala kweli chiza libalulekileyo kunokukhokelela kuqhaqho kwiimeko ze-TB kunye nokunganyangeki kumachiza. Ikwaqaqambise imfuno yotyalo-mali olukhulu kuphando nophuhliso lwe-TB, kunye nokufikelela ngokuzinzileyo kumachiza ayimfuneko kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi.

“Ukunqongophala kwe-Rifampicin yeyona nto ixhalabisayo, njengoko inokukhokelela ekusileleni kunyango nasekukhuleni kokunganyangeki ngamachiza,” utshilo uGqr. Asha George, uMlawuli oyiSigqeba wombutho ongenzi nzuzo i-Global TB Alliance. "Kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba izigulane ziyafikelela kwi-Rifampicin kunye namanye amachiza abalulekileyo e-TB, kwaye oku kunokwenzeka kuphela xa sinyusa utyalo-mali kuphando lwe-TB kunye nophuhliso kunye nokuphucula ukufikelela kula machiza kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi."

Ukunqongophala kwe-Rifampicin kukwalatha kwimfuno yobonelelo lwehlabathi oluluqilima ngakumbi kumachiza ayimfuneko, into ebisoloko iqhwalela kwiminyaka yakutshanje. Ufikelelo olulula kumachiza ayimfuneko afana ne-Rifampicin ngundoqo ekuncedeni izigidi zabantu kwihlabathi jikelele abosulelwe yi-TB ukuba bafikelele kunyango kwaye ekugqibeleni basoyise isifo.

"Ukunqongophala kwe-Rifampicin kufuneka kusebenze njengefowuni yokuvusa uluntu lwehlabathi," watsho uGqr. Lucica Ditiu, uNobhala oLawulayo we-Stop TB Partnership. "Kufuneka sinyuse utyalo-mali kuphando nophuhliso lwe-TB kwaye siqinisekise ufikelelo oluzinzileyo kwi-Rifampicin kunye namanye amachiza ayimfuneko kuzo zonke izigulane ezine-TB eziwadingayo. Oku kubalulekile ekoyiseni i-TB."

Okwangoku, iingcali zempilo kunye nabakhankasi bafuna ukuzola kwaye babongoza amazwe achaphazelekayo ukuba athathele ingqalelo isitokhwe sawo se-Rifampicin kwaye asebenzisane namaqabane ezizwe ngezizwe ukuqinisekisa unikezelo lwechiza oluzinzileyo. Ithemba lelokuba imveliso iza kukhawuleza ibe yesiqhelo kwaye i-Rifampicin iya kuphinda ifumaneke simahla kubo bonke abo bayidinga kakhulu.

Le ngxelo yeendaba ikwabonisa ukuba ukunqongophala kwamachiza asiyonto nje yexesha elidlulileyo, kodwa yingxaki yanamhlanje efuna ukuqwalaselwa ngokukhawuleza. Kuphela kungokwanda kotyalo-mali kuphando nakuphuhliso, kudityaniswe nofikelelo oluphuculweyo kumachiza ayimfuneko kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi, apho sinokuba nethemba lokukoyisa oku kunye nokunye ukunqongophala kwamachiza okuqinisekileyo ukuba kuya kuza ngendlela yethu kwixesha elizayo.