Mgwirizano Wolimbikitsidwa Ndiwo Mfungulo Yoletsa Matenda a Kupanikizika Magazi – NCD Alliance Malawi

NCD Alliance Malawi yalimbikitsa mgwirizano weniweni pakati pa anthu osiyanasiyana monga akatswiri azaumoyo, atsogoleri am’madera, mabungwe a anthu wamba komanso aboma poyesetsa kuchepetsa matenda a kupanikizika magazi (hypertension) ndi matenda ena a Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

Izi zabwera pamene dziko la Malawi likugwira nawo ntchito yachikumbutso ya Tsiku la Kupanikizika Magazi Padziko Lonse pa Loweruka, 17 May 2025, motsogozedwa ndi mutu wakuti “Yezani Magazi Bwino, Walamulireni, Ndipo Khalani Ndi Moyo Wautali.” Mutuwu ukuwalimbikitsa anthu kuyezetsa magazi nthawi zonse, kudziwitsidwa msanga za matendawa, komanso kumalandira chithandizo pasavute.

M’mawu a atolankhani olembedwa ndi Esther Nyirenda, yemwe ndi Project Officer wa bungweli, Alliance ija inapempha anthu osiyanasiyana kuti agwirizane pothandizira anthu kudziwa za matendawa komanso kulimbikitsa zipatala ndi malo azaumoyo kuti azikhala ndi zida zoyezera magazi.

“Tili ndi 32% ya imfa zomwe zimachitika chifukwa cha matenda a NCDs m’dziko muno. Tiyenera kugwirizana kuti titha kupititsa patsogolo njira zopewera komanso kuchiza matenda monga kupanikizika magazi,” atero a Nyirenda.

Ananenanso kuti kupanikizika magazi ndi matenda owopsa omwe amayambitsa matenda ena aakulu monga mtima, sitiroko, kulephera kwa impso, komanso imfa yachiphangano. “Umatikhudza tonse, kaya mumzinda kapena kumudzi, chifukwa chake tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu mwamsanga,” adanenanso.

Bungweli linalemekeza boma pa khama lomwe likuchita popititsa chithandizo chaumoyo kumadera akumidzi kupyolera mu mayesero am’mudzi, kampeni za kudziwa matenda, komanso kulimbikitsa moyo wathanzi.

Alliance inawonjezeranso kuti anthu azikhala ndi chizolowezi chochita mayeso a magazi nthawi zonse, kudya zakudya zopanda mchere ndi mafuta ochuluka, kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, kupewa kusuta fodya ndi kumwa mowa, komanso kuwongolera nkhawa ndikutsatira malangizo a madokotala.

Tsiku la Kupanikizika Magazi Padziko Lonse, limakumbukilidwa chaka chilichonse pa 17 May, ndipo linayambitsidwa mu 2005 ndi World Hypertension League (WHL) kuti anthu azidziwa za matendawa amene akukhudza anthu oposa biliyoni padziko lonse—ena mwa iwo osadziwa kuti ali nawo.

NCD Alliance Malawi ndi bungwe la anthu wamba lomwe limagwira ntchito kuchepetsa matenda, kuvulala komanso imfa zomwe zimatheka kuchepetsedwa ngati anthu atatsatira njira zoyenera m’dziko la Malawi.