Ukuhamba okunempilo
I-Atlanta esekelwe i-Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) isebenza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi labo abaya eRio de Janeiro emidlalweni yama-Olympic bayolungiswa ngaphambili kwezempilo. I-Morehouse Healthcare yesikole ihlinzeka ngamasevisi kuhlanganise nemigomo, imiyalelo kanye namathiphu okuhamba okunempilo.
Umtholampilo, oholwa nguDkt. Jalal Zuberi kanye neqembu lakhe, uye wahlinzeka ngemigomo, imiyalelo kanye neseluleko jikelele sokuhlala phesheya phesheya phesheya kwezilwandle kusukela ngo-1998.
"Sinikeza ukubonisana ezindabeni zezokwelapha umuntu angabhekana nazo lapho ehambela amazwe ahlukene," kusho uDkt. Zuberi, onguchwepheshe ohambweni olunempilo. "Ngokuyinhloko uma okokuqala ngukuya endaweni ethile, abantu kudingeka bazi ukuthi yini ngaphandle nokuthi iziphi izifo ezithathelanayo ezingase zivezwe kuzo."
Umtholampilo ulandela izincomo zamuva zeCenter for Disease Control (CDC) zokugoma kanye nokuvinjelwa kwezifo ezithathelwanayo. Iphinde ibuyekeze abahambi nabeluleki be-US Department of State ukuthi bahambe ezindaweni ezingaphephile zezombusazwe.
Imibiko yocindezelekile ibonise ukukhathazeka mayelana nezindaba zezempilo njengoba imidlalo ifika eRio. Zihlanganisa igciwane leZika, abahambi behudo, i-malaria, i-dengue ne-yellow fever. Futhi abahambi baxwayiswa ukuba bangaphuzi amanzi angenawo amanzi.
Odokotela baseMtholampilo, abangabasebenzi abaqinisekisiwe bebhodi abaphethe iZitifiketi Zempilo Yezokuvakasha, banganika iziguli ulwazi oluqondene nezwe futhi bangaxoxa ngehambo lwabo lokuhamba.
Ziyizingxenye ze-International Society of Travel Medicine.
Umqondo wekliniki yokuhamba nge-Morehouse Healthcare weza ngemuva komuzi wase-Atlanta wanikezwa imidlalo yama-Olimpiki ka-1996. UZuberi uthe kulindeleke ukuthi ukuvezwa kwezemidlalo kuzobeka umuzi emhlabeni wonke futhi ekugcineni kubangele ukuthi abantu bafune ukuvakashela amanye amazwe lapho imidlalo yama-Olympic ibanjwe khona.