Iryo tsinda ririmo gupima abana bari munsi y’imyaka itanu, kugira ngo abafite ibibazo by’imirire mibi bahabwe ubufasha bwihuse, nk’uko byagarutsweho na Susane Nyiranshuti, umukozi ushinzwe Abajyanama b’ubuzima mu bitaro bya Gisenyi, aganira na The New Times.

Abana barimo guhabwa ifunguro ririmo intungamibiri rigizwe n’amata, ibisuguti na porici. Ibyo bigo byombi bicumbikiye abavuye mu babyo, birimo icyumba kigenewe kwakira abakeneye kuvurwa no guhabwa ubundi bufasha bw’ibanze.

Ibyo bigo bicumbikiye abantu basaga 2,000 bo mu Karere ka Rubavu n’abandi 9,231 bo mu tundi turere twashegeshwe n’ibiza byatewe n’imvura, yateje umwuzure n’inkangu ku wa Kabiri no ku wa Gatatu 02-03 Gicurasi 2023, bigahitana abantu 131.

Ubufasha burimo guhabwa abana buziye igihe kuko biragaraga ko ari bo bagirwaho ingaruka nyinshi n’imyuzure kurusha abakuze, nk’uko bigaragazwa n’ibipimo bya UNICEF-Rwanda ku bana no ku ngaruka z’ibiza.

Ibipimo bya UNICEF byerekana ko 10% by’abana bugarijwe n’ingaruka ziterwa n’imyuzure, cyane cyane mu Ntara y’Iburengerazuba n’iy’Amajyaruguru. Muri izo ngaruka harimo kuba bashobora gufatwa n’indwara imwe cyangwa nyinshi zirimo umuriro ufata amagufa, n’iyitwa schistosomiasis, zombi ziterwa n’iminyorogoto.

Kugeza ubu imiryango 4,871 yagejejweho ibiribwa, ibikoresho by’isuku, ibiryamirwa n’ibindi.