Mu rwego rwo kurushaho gukangurira kwipimisha, gushyira ku miti, gukurikirana, no kugabanya ingano ya virusi itera Sida mu bana, ababyaza n’abakozi bashinzwe ubujyanama no gupima ku bushake virusi itera SIDA mu bigo nderabuzima bya Kiliziya Gatolika bikorera mu karere ka Karongi, bahawe amahugurwa y’iminsi ibiri kuri Virusi itera SIDA y’abana yabaye kuva tariki 30 kugeza ku ya 31 Gicurasi 2024. Akarere ka Karongi katoranijwe kuko kaza ku isonga mu kugira umubare w’abanduye virusi itera SIDA, uri hagati ya 2.84% na 3.66 (HIMS – Nyakanga 2022-Kamena 2023[1]).
Aya mahugurwa yateguwe mu rwego rw’umushinga wa Faith Initiative uterwa inkunga na Caritas Internationalis binyuze muri PEPFAR, yabereye kuri Hotel Home Saint Jean, mu Karere ka Karongi akaba yaribanze ku ngingo eshatu zikurikira:
1.Gukora ubukangurambaga bwo kurwanya akato n’ihezwa bikorerwa abafite virusi itera SIDA;
2.Kurinda umubyeyi kwanduza umwana virusi itera SIDA;
3.Kongera umubare w’abagana serivisi itanga ubujyanama ikanapima ku bushake virusi itera SIDA, ndetse abafata imiti igabanya ubukana bwa virus itera SIDA neza.
Nyuma y’amahugurwa, abakozi b’ubuzima bagiriwe inama gupima hakiri kare, gushyira ku miti abana byagaragaye ko bafite agakoko gatera Sida, gutanga inama, gushimangira gahunda z’ubuzima, guteza imbere uruhare rw’abaturage mu bikorwa byo kurwanya Sida, gukorana n’inzego z’ubuyobozi, cyane cyane mu bigo nderabuzima ndetse no mu nteko z’abaturage, umugoroba w’ababyeyi, n’ibindi. Bazakora kandi ubukangurambaga bugamije guhamagarira abantu kwipimisha virusi itera SIDA ku bushake, basure abantu mu ngo, bashishikariza cyane cyane abagabo guherekeza abo bashakanye mu gihe bagiye kwipimisha batwite (inshuro umunani).
Mbere y’aya mahugurwa, abapadiri bakuriye abandi mu Karere ka Karongi bahawe amahugurwa kuri virusi itera Sida y’abana ndetse no kuri apurikasiyo ya CaritasCare kuva tariki 23 kugeza ku ya 25 Mata 2024. Aya mahugurwa yari agamije kubaha ubumenyi ku gukora ubukangurambaga bwo kurwanya akato n’ihezwa rikorerwa abafite virusi itera SIDA, gutanga amakuru kuri ibi bikorwa binyuze muri apurikasiyo ya CaritasCare (CaritasCare App), gukangurira ababyeyi batazi uko bahagaze kwipimisha virusi itera SIDA ku bushake n’abana babo kugira ngo abana n’abandi bafite virusi itera SIDA bagaragaye bahuzwe n’ibigo nderabuzima bahabwe ubujyanama n’ubuvuzi hakiri kare.
Uretse abapadiri bakuriye abandi, abakozi ba Caritas Rwanda mu mushinga wa Faith Initiative bakoranye inama n’abayobozi b’inzego z’ibanze mu Karere ka Karongi kuri 23/05/2024, kugira ngo nabo bagire uruhare mu kuzamura umubare w’abana bapimwa virusi itera SIDA hakiri kare no kubahuza n’ibigo nderabuzima kugira ngo bavurwe. Ibi kandi byari mu rwego rwo rwo guhuza imbaraga hagati y’abayobozi b’inzego z’ibanze, abapadiri bakuriye abanda mu Karere ka Karongi n’abakozi mu bigo nderabuzima muri iki gikorwa.
Umushinga wa Faith Initiative ukorera mu bihugu bine ari byo Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo n’u Rwanda.
[1] https://www.rbc.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/report23/HIV%20Annual%20report%202022%20-2023.pdf – paji ya 13