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Ukujonga ngasemva: Ukusuka kuGonyo lweentsana ukuya kwiibhedi zabantwana

Kule veki, sisusa umntwana wethu obhadulayo kukhuko lwakhe simse ebhedini yakhe enkulu. Ke, ngokwendalo, bendikhe ndakhumbula malunga neentsuku zokuqala zokuzalwa, kunye nazo zonke iimbali ezithe zasikhokelela kule.

Ezo ntsuku zisandul' ukuzalwa zazinde kwaye zizaliswe zizo zonke iintlobo zemibuzo kunye nezigqibo ezintsha (umntwana kufuneka alale phi, leliphi ixesha elifanelekileyo lokulala, wayefumana ukutya okwaneleyo, njl. njl.). Konke oku ngaphezulu kokuba nomntwana wethu phakathi ku-2020 njengoko sasijonga umngcipheko kunye nokungaziwa kwe-COVID-19. Masithi, ibingumoya ovuthuzayo.

Ngelixa i-COVID-19 inyuse uninzi lwezinto esizilindeleyo malunga nokuba ngumzali omtsha kwaye yaphakamisa imibuzo emitsha malunga nokuba ungahlala njani usempilweni kwaye ukhuselekile, mna nomyeni wam saba nethamsanqa lokuba nogqirha wabantwana ebesimthembile. Wasinceda ukuba sigcine intombi yethu isendleleni yokuhlolwa okuninzi kunye nogonyo olwenzeka kwiminyaka embalwa yokuqala. Phakathi kwayo yonke imibuzo kunye nokudinwa kwezigqibo zokuba ngumama omtsha, ukugonya usana lwethu yayisisigqibo esilula kwintsapho yethu. Amayeza okugonya aphakathi kwezona zixhobo zempilo ziphumeleleyo nezingabizi kakhulu zifumanekayo ukuthintela izifo nokufa. Amayeza okugonya anceda ukuzikhusela thina kunye noluntu lwethu ngokuthintela nokunciphisa ukwanda kwezifo ezosulelayo. Besisazi ukuba ukufumana izitofu ezicetyiswayo yeyona ndlela yokukhusela usana lwethu, kubandakanywa nezigulo ezimandundu ezifana nokhohlokhohlo kunye nemasisi.

Kule veki siyayibhiyozela IVeki yeSizwe yoGonyo lweNtsana (NIIW), esisisikhumbuzo saminyaka le esiqaqambisa ukubaluleka kokukhusela abantwana abaneminyaka emibini nangaphantsi kwizifo ezinokuthintelwa ngogonyo. Iveki isikhumbuza ngokubaluleka kokuhlala endleleni kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iintsana ziphila ngoku kwizitofu ezicetyiswayo. I Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) kwaye i IAkhademi yaseMelika yonyango lwabantwana (AAP) bobabini bacebisa ukuba abantwana bahlale besendleleni yokuqeshwa kwabantwana abasempilweni kunye nogonyo lwesiqhelo- ngakumbi emva kokuphazamiseka kwe-COVID-19.

Njengoko intombi yethu ikhula, siya kuqhubeka sisebenza ngokusondeleyo nogqirha wethu ukuqinisekisa ukuba uhlala esempilweni, kubandakanya nokufumana izitofu ezicetyiswayo. Kwaye njengokuba ndimfaka ebhedini yakhe entsha kwaye ndivalelisa kukhuko lwakhe, ndiya kwazi ukuba senze konke esinako ukumgcina ekhuselekile.