Gwamnatin tarayya ta ce ana sa ran jigilar maganin Lenacapavir, wani sabon magani na rigakafin cutar HIV, zai iso Najeriya a watan Maris na 2026.
A cikin sanarwa da aka fitar a ranar Litinin, Hukumar yaki da Cutar HIV ta Kasa (NACA) ta ce tana ci gaba da shirye-shirye don gabatarwa da fara amfani da Lenacapavir (LEN) a matsayin rigakafin cutar kafin kamuwa (PrEP).
Hukumar ta bayyana cewa wannan matakin na cikin sha’awar gwamnatin wajen hanzarta samun ci gaba wajen kula da yaduwar cutar HIV.
Lenacapavir magani ne mai dogon tasiri kuma ana iya allurar sa sau biyu a shekara kawai.
A cikin gwaje-gwajen kimiyya, an gano cewa Lenacapavir yana rage hadarin kamuwa da cutar sosai kuma yana bayar da kariya kusan gaba daya daga cutar HIV.
Gwamnatin ta ce, tana ci gaba da shirye-shirye don fara amfani da LEN a matsayin riga-kafi PrEP don kara inganta rigakafi da hanzarta samun nasarar dakile yaduwar cutar.
Hukumar ta ce ana sa ran kayan zai iso kasar a watan Maris 2026, yayin da ake gudanar da ayyuka don tabbatar da fara amfani da sabon maganin cikin tsari mai kyau a jihohi masu muhimmanci.
A cewar ta, an riga an samu amincewar hukumar NAFDAC, an kammala tantance halin da ake ciki a jihohi 10 da suka haɗar da: Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, FCT, Gombe, Kano, Kwara da Lagos, sannan an gudanar da horo ga ma’aikatan lafiya a jihohin da aka zaba.
Sanarwar ta ce, an gudanar da horo na kasa da kasa ga masu gudanar da aikin a Abuja, sannan aka yi horo na gaba ga ma’aikatan lafiya a jihohin da aka zaba.
Haka kuma an samar da kayan ilmantarwa da wayar da kai don tallafawa fahimtar jama’a da bukatar amfani da maganin kafin fara amfani da shi.
