Sera kwa Watu - Februari 11, 2025

 

Hotuba ya Homa ya Ndege kwa Wabunge na 

Dkt. Mark Levine

Leo wabunge walikutana na Dkt. Mark Levine kuhusu kuenea kwa homa ya ndege/H5N1 (wengine huita Homa ya Ndege). Bila kuwa na msisimko au kusababisha hofu isiyo ya lazima, ninatarajia kutoa muhtasari mfupi hapa chini. Kwa kifupi, osha mikono yako mara nyingi iwezekanavyo, osha nguo zako baada ya kazi za shamba, na angalia dalili.

Nani ni Dkt. Levine:

  • Kamishna wa Afya wa Vermont tangu 2017 - https://www.healthvermont.gov/about/organization-locations/our-leaders

  • Daktari wa Tiba (MD) katika uwanja wa tiba ya ndani.

  • Takriban nusu karne ya uzoefu wa kitaaluma ukilenga kukuza afya na kuzuia magonjwa, uchunguzi wa afya wa kinga, lishe ya kliniki, usimamizi wa magonjwa sugu, na kutatua changamoto za utambuzi tata.

Kwa nini taarifa hii ni muhimu:

  • Virusi hivi vinaweza kuwa na uwezo wa kubadilika kijenetiki na kuchanganyika na aina ya binadamu ya "homa ya mafua". Mabadiliko haya yangesababisha virusi kuenezwa kutoka kwa binadamu mmoja hadi mwingine.

Kilichoshirikishwa:

  • Hakuna ushahidi wa maambukizi kutoka kwa binadamu kwa binadamu (hadi sasa). Hata hivyo, kuna takriban visa 70 vya maambukizi kutoka kwa wanyama kwenda kwa binadamu kote nchini. Hakuna visa vya aina hii vilivyotokea Vermont. Hakuna kesi za binadamu zilizothibitishwa huko Vermont (hadi sasa).

  • Paka wa ndani pia wako katika hatari ya kupata virusi ikiwa wakulima wataleta mabaki ya H5N1 nyumbani.

  • Wafanyakazi wa shamba, hasa wale wanaoshughulika na ng'ombe na ndege, ndio kundi lenye hatari kubwa. Hakikisha unalala mikono yako mara nyingi iwezekanavyo na usafishe nguo yoyote iliyovaliwa wakati wa shughuli zinazohusiana na shamba.

  • Rasilimali na elimu zinapatikana kwa wakulima na wafanyakazi wa shamba. (https://www.healthvermont.gov/disease-control/zoonotic-diseases/avian-influenza-bird-flu-humans)

  • Kwa sababu ya uwezekano wa mabadiliko ya kijenetiki, CDC imetaja hatari ya virusi hivi kufikia kiwango cha janga kama "kati."

  • Habari njema: Tayari tunazo dawa za kupambana na virusi zilizothibitishwa na FDA na chanjo zinajaribiwa.

Hii ni Sera kwa Watu.

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