Kenya yahawe uruhusha rwo guhingura umuti mushasha wo kwikingira SIDA
Ishirahamwe Universal Corporation Limited (UCL) ryo muri Kenya ryahawe uruhusha rwo guhingura alimatravir, umuti ugikorerwa igeragezwa wo kwikingira umugera wa Sida. Uwo muti ugenewe kunyobwa rimwe mu kwezi.
Ishirahamwe Merck, rizwi kandi nka MSD, ryahaye amashirahamwe indwi yo kw’isi uruhusha rwo guhingura alimatravir izimbutse. Ariko azotangura kuyishira kw’isoko ari uko igeragezwa ryerekanye ko ikingira sida kandi ko itabangamira amagara y’abayinywa.
Muri ayo mashirahamwe, atatu ni ayo muri Afrika: UCL Kenya, Quality Chemical Industries Limited yo muri Uganda na Aspen Pharmacare yo muri Afrika y’Epfo. Ni ubwa mbere amashirahamwe yo muri Afrika ashirwa mu mugambi wo guhingura umuti wo kwikingira HIV igeragezwa rya nyuma ritararangira.
Igeragezwa ryo ku rwego rwa gatatu ariko arakorerwa muri Kenya, Uganda na Afrika y’Epfo, ku bakobwa n’abakenyezi bakiri bato. Ariko alimatravir ntiremererwa gukoreshwa kuko igeragezwa ryaro rikibandanya.
Uruhushya Merck yatanze ruzotuma uwo muti ushobora guhingurwa no gutangwa mu bihugu 129 bitaratera imbere. Ayo mashirahamwe ntazoriha Merck amafaranga ku burenganzira bwo kuwuhingura.
Merck yavuze kandi ko uwo muti niwemezwa, izobanza kuwutanga ku giciro gitoyi cane, mu gihe amashirahamwe yahawe uruhusha azoba agitunganya kuzowuhingura ku rugero runini.
Mu butumwa bwa Perezida William Ruto bwasomwe n’umushikiranganji wa Kenya ajejwe amagara y’abantu, Aden Duale, mu nama yabereye ku ruhande rw’Inama Nkuru ya ONU, yavuze ko Afrika imaze igihe yikoreye igice kinini c’indwara zo kw’isi, ariko igahingura imiti n’incanco bike ikoresha.
Ruto yavuze ko uruhara rw’amashirahamwe yo muri Afrika mu guhingura uwo muti ari intambwe ikomeye ijana kw’iterambere mu bijanye n’amagara y’abantu.
Alimatravir niyemezwa, yoshobora kuba umuti wa mbere wo kunywa rimwe mu kwezi mu kwikingira umugera wa HIV.