Durban, KZN – IPhini likaMengameli u-Paul Mashatile usefunge wagomela ukuthi uzosebenzisa izinhlelo eziphuthumayo ngemuva kokuthi i-US inciphise uxhaso lwezempilo olubalulekile, okuhlanganisa nohlelo lwe-PEPFAR lokubhekana ne-HIV, phambilini obeluhlanganisa u-17% wemizamo yokuvikela nokwelapha eNingizimu Afrika.
Ekhuluma emcimbini woSuku Lomhlaba Lwe-TB KwaZulu-Natal ngoMsombuluko, uMashatile uxwayise ngokuthi ukunciphisa kusongela ucwaningo lwe-TB nokunakekelwa kwe-HIV: “Lokhu kugcizelela isidingo esiphuthumayo sokuhlela izimo eziphuthumayo ukwakha uhlelo lwezempilo oluqinile.”
Uhulumeni wase-US ugcizelela ukuthi ukwehliswa kuyingxenye yokubuyekezwa kosizo olubanzi, kodwa isikhulu se-UNAIDS uWinnie Byanyima wabiza lesi sinqumo “sibi,” ebikezela ukufa okwengeziwe okuhlobene nengculaza okuyizigidi ezingu-6.3 emhlabeni wonke ngo-2028 uma uxhaso lungabuyiselwa. “Sisengozini yokulahlekelwa iminyaka engu-25 yentuthuko,” esho eGeneva.
INingizimu Afrika, enobhubhane olukhulu kakhulu lwe-HIV emhlabeni, ibeka eqhulwini ukulungisa ubudlelwano neWashington ngenkathi ifuna enye imali.