I-Afrika yizwekazi elikhulu elinamazwe angama-54 ahluke kakhulu, ngakho-ke, ukukhuluma ngemigomo yokuhamba ngokujwayelekile kunzima. Imithi okuzoyidinga ixhomeke kakhulu lapho uya khona. Isibonelo, uma uhambela emahlathini aseDemocratic Republic of the Congo , kuzodingeka uchithe isikhathi eside kumtholampilo wokuhamba kunokuba ungathanda ukuvakashela amadolobha omhlaba wokuqala eNingizimu Afrika eNingizimu Afrika. Cape.
Uma kuthiwa, kunezinhlobo eziningana zokugoma ezisebenza kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uya kuphi.
NB: Sicela uqaphele ukuthi okulandelayo akulona uhlu oluphelele. Qinisekisa ukuthi ufuna iseluleko sezokwelapha uma unquma ngesimiso sakho sokugoma.
I-Vaccine njalo
Njengawo wonke ohambo lwangaphandle, kuwumqondo omuhle ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imishanguzo yakho yokusebenza njalo isesikhathini. Lezi yizigciwane okufanele ube nazo njengengane-kuhlanganise nomuthi wokugoma we-Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) kanye nemigomo ye-inkukhu, i-polio kanye ne-Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis. Uma uhamba nezingane , qinisekisa ukuthi banezinhlelo zabo zokugoma, bese uhlola nodokotela wakho ukuze ubone ukuthi ufanele yini ukusizwa.
Imishanguzo ephakanyisiwe
Kukhona eminye imithi engekho ejwayelekile e-United States noma eYurophu, kodwa yiyiphi indlela enhle kulabo abaya e-Afrika. Lezi zibandakanya imishanguzo ngokumelene ne-Hepatitis A ne-Typhoid, kokubili okungenziwa inkontileka ngokudla nokungcola okungcolile.
I-Hepatitis B iyadluliselwa nge-fluids yomzimba, futhi kukhona ingozi yokungcola ngegazi elingavunyelwe (uma uqeda ukuya esibhedlela) noma ngokuxhumana nocansi nomlingani omusha. Okokugcina, amaRabi ayinkinga kulo lonke elase-Afrika, futhi angadluliselwa nanoma yisiphi isilwane esilisayo, kuhlanganise nezinja namabhantshi.
Ukugonywa Okuphoqelekile
Nakuba kunconywa kakhulu, yonke imithi ehlongozwe ngenhla ingakhetha. Kukhona ezinye ezingekho, kodwa, futhi zalezi, i-Yellow Fever ihamba kakhulu. Emazweni amaningi ase-Afrika, ukufakazelwa kokugoma kwe-Yellow Fever kuyimfuneko esemthethweni, futhi uzokwelwa ukungena uma ungenayo ubufakazi nawe. Kuzodingeka uhlole ne-ambassy yezindawo ozikhethile ukuze uthole ukuthi ngabe lesi simo sisebenza kuwe - kodwa ukukhuluma ngokujwayelekile, ukugoma kwe-Yellow Fever kuyimfuneko kuwo wonke amazwe lapho lesi sifo siphelile khona.
Ngokuvamile, amazwe angewona owomile azocela ubufakazi bokugoma uma uhamba noma usanda kuchitha isikhathi ezweni elincane le-Yellow Fever. Ukuze uthole uhlu lwamazwe onke e-Yellow Fever, bona le mephu ngamasevisi okuLawula nokuVimbela (CDC).
Izifo Eziqondile Zezwe
Kuye ngezwe nesifunda ohlela ukuvakashela, kungase kube nezinye izifo eziningana ezizophela ukuthi uzodinga ukugoma. Amanye amazwe aseShahara (kuhlanganise neKenya, Uganda, Ethiopia naseSenegal) ayingxenye ye-'Mingingitis Belt 'yase-Afrika, kanti imithi ye-Meningococcal Meningitis iyanconywa kakhulu. I-Malaria iyinkinga emazweni amaningi aseSahara, kanti nakuba kungekho mgomo wokugula i-malaria, ungathatha ama-prophylactics okunciphisa amathuba okutheleleka ngokuphawulekayo.
Kukhona ezinye izifo ongakwazi ukuzigoma, kuhlanganise ne-Zika Virus, i-West Nile Virus ne-Feengue Fever. Zonke lezi zisakazwa yizinyosi, kanti indlela kuphela yokugwema ukutheleleka ukugwema ukulunywa - nakuba imishanguzo ye-Zika Virus okwamanje isilingo semitholampilo. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abesifazane nabesifazane abakhulelwe abahlela ukukhulelwa kufanele baxoxe ngokucophelela ngengozi ye-Zika Virus ngodokotela wabo ngaphambi kokubhuka uhambo oluya ezweni eliseZika.
Vakashela iwebhusayithi ye-CDC ukuze uthole ulwazi oluningi mayelana nezifo ezivame kakhulu ezweni ngalinye lase-Afrika.
Ukuhlela Isimiso Sakho Sokugoma
Ezinye izigciwane (njengeyodwa yamaRabies) zilawulwa ngezigaba ngaphezu kwamasonto ambalwa, kuyilapho ezinye ze-malaria prophylactics zidinga ukuthathwa amasonto amabili ngaphambi kokuhamba. Uma udokotela wakho wendawo noma umtholampilo wokuhamba engenayo imishanguzo efanele esitokisini, kuzodingeka ukubalalele ikakhulukazi - okungathatha isikhathi.
Ngakho-ke, ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi uthola imithi oyidingayo, kuwumqondo omuhle ukubhuka okokuqala nodokotela wakho ezinyangeni eziningana ngaphambi kwe-adventure yakho yase-Afrika.
Le ngqungquthela ibuyekeziwe futhi ibhalwa kabusha ingxenye kaJessica Macdonald ngoNovemba 10, 2016.