Mbeya Vijijini na Mbozi vinara ugonjwa wa Fistula.

 

• Serikali itoe elimu na kuwatibu wagonjwa.
• Mwanamke mmoja ang’olewa kizazi.

 

ASASI isiyokuwa ya Kiserikali ya Tanzania Community Media Organization (TACOMO) yenye makao makuu mkoani Mbeya, imesema ugonjwa wa matundu sehemu za siri kwa wanawake (Fistula) umekuwa mkubwa mkoani humo hivyo Serikali inatakiwa kuvalia njuga ugonjwa huo unaotibika.

 

Wakizungumza na waandishi wa habari mkoani Mbeya, viongozi wa asasi hiyo wamesema asasi yao imefanya uchunguzi kwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja sasa na kubaini maeneo yenye wagonjwa wengi wa Fistula ikiwemo wilaya ya Mbeya Vijijini na Mbozi.

 

Mkurugenzi mtendaji wa shirika hilo Gordon Kalulunga alisema katika wilaya hizo baadhi ya maeneo ndiyo ulikotopea(komaa) ugonjwa huo na wanawake wengi wanashindwa kujitokeza kutibiwa ugonjwa huo kutokana na elimu duni ya matibabu ya ugonjwa huo ambao matibabu yake yanatolewa bure na Serikali.

 

Kalulunga alizitaja wilaya za Mbozi na Mbeya Vijijini kuwa ni wilaya za mkoa wa Mbeya zenye wagonjwa wanawake wengi walioathiriwa na ugonjwa huo wa Fistula hivyo Serikali kupitia Wizara ya Afya inapaswa kuchukua hatua za makusudi kuwarejeshea utu wanawake wenye matatizo hayo ya Fistula kwa kuanzisha kampeni yenye tija kwa kushirikiana na Hospitali teule ya Ifisi na Hospitali ya Rufa ya Mbeya kitenmgo cha wazazi Meta.

 

Aidha alisema mbali na kushirikiana na Hospitali hizo pia Serikali iongeze wataalam katika Hospitali hizo wenye uwezo wa kutibu Fistula tofauti na sasa ambapo Hospitali hizo zina Mganga mmoja mmoja wenye uwezo wa kutibu ugonjwa huo.

 

‘’Tumefanya uchunguzi wa muda mrefu tangu mwezi Mei mwaka 2010 na kubaini kuwa wanawake wengi katika wilaya hizo wana Fistula lakini hawajajitokeza kutibiwa kwa kuogopa na wanatengwa katika shughuli za kijamii na baadhi wamekimbiwa na waume zao hivyo tunaiomba Serikali ichukue Jitihada za makusudi kuanzisha kampeni za kuwasaidia wanawake hao zitakazopelekea kupata matibabu na ikiwezekana matangazo yatengenezwe na Haki Elimu’’ alisema Kalulunga.

 

Kwa upande wake Mwenyekiti wa asasi hiyo Angelica Sullusi alisema ugonjwa huo hutokana na jeraha wanalopata kina mama wakati wa kujifungua baada ya kupata uchungu kwa muda mrefu na pia kuwa na njia ndogo ya uzazi kiasi kwamba kichwa cha mtoto kinashindwa kupita kwa usalama wakati wa kujifungua.

Mgandamizo huo wa mtoto husababisha tundu katika njia ya uzazi na kibofu cha mkojo na mara nyingine katika njia ya haja kubwa na kusababisha muathirika kutoka na haja hizo bila ya mpangilio au kujizuia.

Kutoka huko na haja ovyo, huacha unyevunyevu mwingi katika sehemu za siri na kusababisha harufu mbaya. Wengi wenye tatizo hili hulazimika kuishi kwa hali ya aibu na mara nyingine hutengwa na wanaume zao na jamii inayowazunguka.

Sanjari na hilo Sullusi alisema kwa mujibu wa Shirika Afya Duniani (WHO) takriban wanawake milioni nne ulimwenguni kote wanaishi na fistula na wengine 50,000 hadi 100,000 wanapata tatizo hilo kila mwaka na wengi wao wanaishi barani Afrika.

 

Pia alisema kuwa tatizo la Miundombinu mibovu na uhaba wa zahanati hasa vijijini pia ni sababu inayochangia wanawake kutopata huduma za Afya ya uzazi kwa wanawake ambapo hata ushirikiano wa wazazi wenza yaani wanaume juu ya kuwasaidia wake zao wakati wa kujifungua ni mdogo mno.

 

Sullusi alisema pamoja na hayo asasi hiyo inaandaa kongamano la kuhamasisha wananachi ili kujenga utamaduni wa kwenda katika zahanati na Hospitali kupata elimu ya Afya ya uzazi kuliko hivi sasa ambapo watanzania wengi huanza kupata elimu hiyo wanapopata ujauzito hasa mjini hivyo ameiomba Serikali navyombo vya Habari kuunga mkono jitihada za asasi hiyo kwa ajili ya kupunguza uwezekano wa kutokea Fistula kwa wanawake.

 

Asasi hiyo ya Tacomo inaiunganisha jamii ili kujaliana na kutokomeza umasikini katika nyanja za Kilimo, Afya na kusaidia jitihada za Serikali katika kuwezesha Vijana, wanawake, wazee, kushiriki na kushirikishwa katika shughuli za Maendeleo ya nchi na kuibua mijadala ya hoja.

Mbeya Rural and candlesticks Mbozi Fistula disease.

• Government to provide education and rehabilitation patients.
• One woman ang'olewa generation.

Non-governmental organization of the Tanzania Media Community Organization (TACOMO) with headquarters in Mbeya, said disease vents genitals to women (Fistula) has become the largest region of the country so the government should be wearing bell otibika disease.

Speaking to the reporters in Mbeya, the organization's leaders have said their organization has made inquiry for over a year now and identify areas most Fistula patients including Mbeya Rural district and Mbozi.

The agency's executive director Gordon Kalulunga said in some areas these districts is the kotopea (Mature) disease and many women fail to treat the disease occur due to poor medical knowledge of the disease which it provided free medical care and government.

Kalulunga was named the district Mbozi and Mbeya Rural, a district of the Mbeya region, with patients most women affected by the disease of Fistula so the Government through the Ministry of Health should take deliberate steps kuwarejeshea dignity of women with these problems, the Fistula for starting the campaign with productivity collaboration with hospitals designated Ifisi and Mbeya Hospital appeal to the parents kitenmgo Meta.

Moreover he said from the hospital to cooperate with the government also enhanced expertise in the hospital capable of treating different now Fistula Hospital where the doctor have individually capable of treating the disease.

''We have made observations of the long since May 2010 and find out that many women in the district these children Fistula but they appear to be treated with fear and are marginalized in social activities and some are fair with their husbands so we asked the government to take deliberate efforts to launch campaigns to help women receive treatment and possibly leading advertising and Justice Education yatengenezwe''said Kalulunga.

For his part the Chairman of the organization Angelica Sullusi said the disease can result from injury to learn mothers during delivery after receiving a pain for a long time and also have a small family so that the baby's head Are you unable to pass safely at delivery.

The compressibility of a child leads to a hole in the cervix, and bladder and sometimes the anus and cause the victim from the need to order them without control.

From there and need distraction, they leave a lot of moisture in the genital area and cause odor. Many a problem will have to live with the shame and sometimes separated from their men and the society around them.

Concurrently with the Sullusi said, according to World Health Organization (WHO), approximately four million women worldwide are living with fistula and 50,000 to 100,000 others have this problem every year and most of them live in Africa.

He also said that the problem of poor infrastructure and shortage of clinics especially in rural areas is also a contributing factor to his not taking care of Reproductive health for women, where even the cooperation of parents, partners the men over to help their wives during delivery is minimal.

Sullusi said with these organizations that are organizing a conference to sensitize cease to create a culture of going to clinics and hospitals for education on reproductive health than now where Tanzanians, many began to get an education so they get pregnant, especially in that he has requested the Government navyombo Media support efforts the organization to reduce possible Fistula for women.

The alliance of Tacomo inaiunganisha and caring community to eradicate poverty in the fields of Agriculture, Health and support the Government's efforts in enabling young, women, elders, participation and involvement in development activities of the country and generate discussion of the question.