Kodi pali aliyense amene adakufunirani chisangalalo Tsiku la udzudzu padziko lonse?
Inenso ayi. Komabe nthawi ili tsopano. Chaka chilichonse, timakhala tsiku la World Mosquito pa Ogasiti 20. Kukhazikika mu 1897, Cholinga chake ndikuwonetsa za kulumikizana pakati pa udzudzu ndi malungo zomwe woyamba adapeza yemwe amafufuza ku Britain Sir Ronald Ross ku Liverpool School of Trrop Medicine.
Chifotokozero cha tsikuli chikhoza kukhala WMD, except that it’s already taken by “zida za chiwonongeko chambiri.” Komabe iyi ikhoza kukhala njira yothandiza yoganizira udzudzu. Izi majeremusi oyamwa magazi ndi ma WMD amafalitsa matenda. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amawatcha “the world’s deadliest animal.”
Iwo ndi mliri wakale, koma sayansi ya zana la 21 ikhoza kutithandiza kuthana ndi chiwopsezo chawo, using tools similar to the ones we’ve developed to grow the best and healthiest crops the world has ever seen.
Ndimadana ndi udzudzu koma amandikonda. I’m a maginito a udzudzu—gawo la zokometsera 20 kuchuluka kwa anthu komwe akatswiri ofufuza a University of Florida akuti ndicholinga chabwino kwambiri. Akandiluma, Ndinkatupa ndimawu.
As much as I’d like to say that we should wipe out the global population of mosquitoes, that isn’t really the goal. Ochepa okha a 3,500 mitundu ya udzudzu imagwirira anthu. Enawo amatisiyira tokha ndi kupatsa chakudya mbalame, mileme, achule, ndi zolengedwa zina. They’re even pollinators that help plants reproduce.
Zomwe zimatiluma, Komabe, imatha kupatsira matenda oyipa. Malungo yekha amapha anthu zikwizikwi pachaka, makamaka m'maiko otukuka. Other mosquito-borne diseases are a rogue’s gallery of horrible ailments: kutentha thupi, kutentha kwa dengue, mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya encephalitis, ndi zambiri.
There’s also the Zika virus, lomwe lafalikira m'malo otentha ndipo likupitilira kufupi ndi United States. Ofufuzawo adalumikiza izi ndi zovuta zakubereka, kuphatikiza yoyipa yotchedwa microcephaly, zomwe zimabweretsa ana omwe ali ndi ubongo wochepa kwambiri. (Zaka zinayi zapitazo, Ndalemba zakuopseza kwa Zika Pano ndi Pano.)
Mfundo yofunika kuikumbukira ndi kuti udzudzu ndiwo umabweretsa mavuto ambiri kwa anthu.
Tonsefe titha kutenga njira zosavuta zotchingira udzudzu pafupi ndi nyumba zathu pothetsa malo oswana. Maluso amaphatikizapo kuphimba zotengera zotseguka ndikuchotsa zofunikira zomwe zimatunga madzi amvula. Kuchotsa chibwenzi cham'mbuyo chakumbuyo kwanu kumatha kusintha.
Tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu za sayansi, kwambiri.
Pamafamu, we’ve learned how to defend our crops from pests through traditional crop-protection tools as well as the innovation of GM crop technology. Chifukwa cha bwino, we’re growing more food than ever before and feeding a planet of pafupifupi 8 anthu mabiliyoni.
Now we’re applying this know-how to the problem of mosquito control. Mdzukulu wanga wamwamuna amachita nawo kafukufukuyu. Amaphunzira momwe mazira a udzudzu amawaswa. If we’re going to eradicate some of the world’s worst infectious diseases, tikuyenera kumvetsetsa komanso kuthana ndi udzudzu munthawi iliyonse ya moyo wawo. Izi zitha kuphatikizapo kupanga mankhwala omwe ali otetezeka kwa anthu koma owononga udzudzu.
Sayansi yatsopano yakusintha kwa majini ikhoza kukupatsani mayankho opanga. One of the most intriguing involves the release of GMO male mosquitoes that mate with females but whose offspring don’t survive. Njira yoyambirira yapa njira imeneyi idapangitsa kuti agonjetse nthomba yomwe idasokoneza malonda a ng'ombe. Dokotala womaliza Edward F. Lamba, yemwe ndidali ndi mwayi wodziwa kudzera mu maUSA mapaneli, adapanga njira zodulira matendawa zomwe zidachepetsa kwambiri vuto la screwworms.
Pa nthawi ya Covid-19, we’re devoting enormous efforts to defeating an airborne disease that is responsible, polemba izi, chifukwa pafupi 800,000 kufa kwapadziko lonse. (Udzudzu don’t transmit kachilombo ka corona.) Izi ndizoyenera—komanso nzika yokalamba, I’m trying to protect myself and others by living a life in near lockdown.
Komabe udzudzu umaimira mtundu wa mliri wokhalitsa. Kusintha kwa mizindaku komanso kusintha kwa nyengo kungapangitse womwalirayo, ngati tilephera kuchitapo kanthu.
The good news is that we’ll conquer the coronavirus. Nkhani zankhani zikusonyeza kuti katemera adzapezekanso posachedwa.
.Pamene tikuyenda kudutsa vuto la Covid-19, let’s remember the menace of mosquitoes—ndikudzipereka pakapangidwe kazasayansi ndi zofunikira zakuthupi kuti titha kuyembekezera dziko lopanda ma WMD.
Dinani apa kuti mupereke zopereka ku Global Farmer Network.