Kigali 15 Mutarama 2026, Guverinoma y’u Rwanda yatangaje gahunda ifatika yo gutangiza Lenacapavir, umuti w’inkingo uzakorerwa abantu bafite ibyago byinshi byo kwandura virusi itera SIDA, mu rwego rwo guhangana n’iki cyorezo gihangayikishije mu gihugu.
Ibi byatangajwe mu itangazo ryashyizwe ahagaragara nyuma y’aho Leta imaze gushyiraho gahunda y’imyaka y’iteganyagihe yo gushyira mu bikorwa uyu muti mushya.
Lenacapavir ni umuti uzwi nka pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), ukoreshwa mbere y’uko umuntu ahura n’ubwandu bwa HIV, kandi ukaba utangwa inshuro ebyiri gusa mu mwaka rimwe buri mezi atandatu bitandukanye n’imiti ya buri munsi cyangwa indi myanya y’igihe gito yasanzwe ikoreshwa.
Abashinzwe ubuzima mu Rwanda bavuze ko iyi gahunda izatangirira mu mpera z’umwaka wa 2026, nyuma y’uko ibyangombwa byose byemewe, hakaba hanateganyijwe ibikorwa byo gutegura abakozi b’ubuzima, ubukangurambaga mu baturage no kwemeza uko imiti izagezwa ku bayikeneye.
Ministeri y’Ubuzima yavuze ko Lenacapavir izafasha cyane cyane urubyiruko, abagore bakiri bato, abakora umwuga w’uburaya n’abandi bafite ibyago byinshi byo kwandura.
Lenacapavir imaze kwemerwa n’imiryango mpuzamahanga irimo Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (WHO) ndetse na FDA yo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, aho yemejwe nk’igikoresho cy’ingenzi mu kurwanya HIV ku isi hose.
Abashakashatsi hamwe n’abahanga mu by’ubuzima bavuga ko iyi miti ifite ubushobozi bwo guhindura imikorere y’ubwirinzi bwa HIV kuko igabanya cyane imbogamizi zo kwibuka gufata imiti no gutangira gahunda yo kwirinda ku bantu benshi.
Kubaka ubushobozi n’ibikorwa remezo ni bimwe mu by’ingenzi Leta y’u Rwanda iri gushyira imbere kugira ngo iyi gahunda izagere ku bantu benshi, cyane cyane mu turere twiganjemo ibyago byo kwandura HIV.
Abayobozi bashimangiye ko gahunda ya Lenacapavir izunganira izindi nzira zo kwirinda SIDA zisanzweho kandi izamure amahirwe yo kugabanya ubwandu bushya mu gihugu.