Kuziva nezvechirwere cheParkinson muAfrica; Iwo ONA Matanho
PaZuva reWorld Parkinson, Kubvumbi 11, 2021, Parkinson's Africa neIPDGC-Africa1 vakatanga chirongwa chemubatanidzwa chinodaidzwa kuti SEE Parkinson's - chirongwa chekudzidza nezvehutano chiri kutsvaga kupa Rutsigiro, Dzidzo, uye Kupa masimba zvinodiwa kuvandudza hutano hwevanhu vemuAfrica vakabatwa nechirwere cheParkinson. Chirongwa ichi, chakagadzirirwa kutyora zvipingamupinyi zvemitauro nekupa zvekushandisa pakudzidzisa chirwere cheParkinson mumitauro yakasiyana-siyana yemuAfrica, chiri kutsigirwa neUCL Grand Challenges neGlobal Engagement Offices.
Kutangwa kweZuva reWorld Parkinson kwakabudirira zvikuru uye kwakapindwa zvakanaka nevarwere veParkinson, hama, nevashandi vehutano kubva kuAfrica nepasirese. Chinangwa chechirongwa ichi chakaunzwa pamwe chete uye chakatsanangurwa naMai Omotola Thomas (Muvambi uye Mutungamiriri Mukuru weParkinson's Africa) uye Dr. Mie Rizig (Senior Clinical Research Fellow paUCL uye Mutungamiriri Mukuru weIPDGC - Africa).
Health Literacy (HL) inotsanangurwa neWorld Health Organisation sekugona kwevanhu "kuwana, kunzwisisa, uye kushandisa ruzivo nenzira dzinosimudzira nekuchengetedza hutano hwakanaka". Unyanzvi hweHL hunonyanya kukosha kana zvasvika pakugadzirisa zvirwere zvisingaperi zvakadai sechirwere cheParkinson; zvakadaro, munzvimbo zhinji dzeAfrica, zviwanikwa zvinodiwa pakuvandudza hunyanzvi uhu hweHL hazviwanikwe kana kusvikika. Chirongwa cheSEE Parkinson chinoda kushandura shanduko iyi nekugadzira zviwanikwa zvedzidzo muzvinyorwa zvakadhindwa, zvedhijitari, uye zvemavhidhiyo, izvo zvinozoshandurirwa mumitauro yakati wandei yemuAfrica. Nechirwere cheParkinson icho chiri kukurumidza kukura mamiriro etsinga pasi rose, uye sezvo huwandu hwevarwere vabatwa nechirwere ichi muAfrica huchiwedzera, chirongwa cheSEE Parkinson chinoda kupa huwandu hwevanhu vari kukura zviwanikwa zveTsigiro, Dzidzo, uye Empowerment zvavachada kuita sarudzo dzehutano dzine ruzivo nezvechirwere cheParkinson.
Kuvhurwa uku kwakaratidzawo kuburitswa kwe "Faces of Parkinson's - Africa" - vhidhiyo inofamba yekuziva nezvechirwere cheParkinson uye yakatorwa muKumasi, Ghana. Vhidhiyo iyi, yakagadzirwa kuratidza chokwadi chekugara neParkinson muAfrica, yakaratidza varwere vanoverengeka veParkinson nehama kubva kuAnidaso Parkinson's Disease Foundation (yakavambwa naDr. Vida Obese).
Chirongwa ichi chakavharwa nekucherechedzwa kwemapoka akasiyana aVaParkinson ari kubatsira nharaunda dziri kuNigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, neEthiopia. Zvichitevera kuvharwa kwechiitiko ichi, varongi vakaramba vakaenderera mberi ndokupa vaivepo kuti vabvunze chero mibvunzo. Ichi chidzidzo chisina kujairika chakatora maminetsi angangoita 45 uye chaive chikamu chinobatikanisa. Mibvunzo yakati wandei yakabvunzwa nevarwere nehama dzavo; vashandi vezvehutano vaivepo, kuwedzera kune varongi, vakapindura mibvunzo iyi. Mibvunzo iyi yakabata nyaya dzakasiyana siyana dzinosanganisira kushomeka kwekuziva kwePD muAfrica, kushaikwa kwekuwana hutano hwehutano nemishonga, uye kushomeka kwezvishandiso zvedzidzo.
Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo nezve ONA Parkinson chirongwa, ndapota shanya: www.parkinsonsafrica.com
https://www.ipdgc-africa.com/
Link kuvhidhiyo: https://youtu.be/GlCa_rErykI
Dheuteronomio:
- Rizig M, Okubadejo N, Salama M, Thomas O, Akpalu A, Gouider R; IPDGC Africa. Sangano reInternational Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium Africa. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Chivabvu;20(5):335. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00100-9. PMID: 33894187.