Ukufa Kokweqisa Izidakamizwa Kungahle Kube Kuthinte Isikhathi Esiphezulu Ngo-2016

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Ukulutha ngokweqile kwezidakamizwa nokudlula ngokweqile kungabonakala njengecebo lesitayela se-opera noma okuthile okuvela embukisweni wobugebengu. Kodwa empeleni, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezidakamizwa kuya ngokuya kuvame.

Kuvame kakhulu, empeleni, ukuthi ukweqisa izidakamizwa kuyimbangela entsha yokufa kwabantu baseMelika abangaphansi kweminyaka engama-50, ngokusho kwedatha yokuqala yango-2016 ehlaziyiwe yabikwa yi New York Times. Bathola ukuthi inani labantu baseMelika ababulawa ukweqisa izidakamizwa ngo-2016 cishe lizodlula ama-59,000 (umbiko osemthethweni awukakhululwa okwamanje) -usuka ku-52,404 ngo-2015, okwenza kube ukwanda okukhulu kunakho konke okurekhodwe ngonyaka owodwa. Lesi silinganiso sidlula amazinga aphezulu okufa kwezingozi zezimoto (ngo-1972), inani eliphakeme lokufa kwe-HIV (1995), kanye nokufa kwezibhamu (1993), ngokokuhlaziya kwabo.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi lezi akuzona izibalo zokugcina zango-2016; Umbiko wonyaka weCenter for Disease Control and Prevention ngeke ukhishwe kuze kube uDisemba. Kodwa-ke, i- New York Times kubhekwe ukulinganiselwa konyaka we-2016 kusuka kumakhulu eminyango yezempilo kahulumeni, abahloli bezindawo, kanye nabahloli bezokwelapha ukuhlanganisa ukubikezela kwabo konke, kufaka phakathi izindawo ezinamaphesenti angama-76 abantu ababikwe ukweqisa ngokweqile ngo-2015.

Esinye isici esikhulu kulokhu kwanda ubhubhane lwe-opioid olukhungethe iMelika. Abantu abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezimbili baseMelika njengamanje bayimilutha yama-opioid, ngokwe-American Society of Addiction Medicine. Okwethusayo ukuthi eziningi zalezi zidakamizwa azizange ziqale ngomuntu osebenzisa izidakamizwa ezidwetshiwe noma oziphatha ngendlela engekho emthethweni. In Ngemuva kwalokho, bavame ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni njenge-heroin ukufeza isidingo esiqhubekayo sokuthola okuphezulu ngaphandle kokudinga incwadi kadokotela. Yingakho iSenate isanda kuvula uphenyo ezinkampanini eziyisihlanu ezinkulu zemithi yokwelapha yaseMelika ezikhiqiza amaphilisi ezinhlungu. Babheke ukuthi ngabe lezi zinkampani zezidakamizwa zikhuthaze ukuhlukunyezwa kwe-opioid ngokusebenzisa amaqhinga wokumaketha angafanele, zibeka phansi ingozi yokuba umlutha, noma ukuqala iziguli ngemithamo ephezulu ngokweqile. Futhi, ngeshwa, ukweqisa izidakamizwa akuyona ukuphela kwenkinga yezempilo eza nalolu bhubhane. Amacala e-Hepatitis C aphindeke kathathu eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ikakhulu ngenxa yokwanda kokusetshenziswa kwe-heroin nokwabelana ngezinaliti ezinegciwane.

Yebo, kunezindaba eziningi ezimbi lapha-futhi umbono awungcono kangako ngo-2017. Okwamanje, ungathatha isinyathelo ukuzifundisa (nakhu konke odinga ukukwazi ngokusebenzisa amaphilisi ezinhlungu kadokotela) futhi unake abangane noma amalungu omndeni okungenzeka ukuthi aphethwe umlutha (bhekisisa lezi zimpawu ezijwayelekile zokuxwayisa ngezidakamizwa).

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