Oni Blackstock

**Oni Blackstock** likita ce ta farko a Amurka kuma likitar HIV, mai bincike, kuma wacce ta kafa Health Justice, wata cibiyar ba da shawara kan daidaito tsakanin launin fata da lafiya. Ta taba yin aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar kwamishina a Ofishin HIV na Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Birnin New York, inda ta jagoranci martanin birnin kan annobar HIV.  Bincikenta ya yi la'akari da abubuwan da mata da mutanen da ba su da launin fata suka fuskanta a fannin kiwon lafiya. A lokacin annobar COVID-19, Blackstock ta raba shawarwari kan yadda mutane a birnin New York za su iya ci gaba da kula da lafiyar jima'i da kuma rage yaduwar COVID-19 da kuma jagora ga mutanen da ke dauke da cutar HIV da HIV game da yadda cutar HIV da COVID-19 ke yaduwa.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Blackstock ta girma a Brooklyn.   Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Stuyvesant da ke birnin New York.   Ta kammala karatun digirinta na farko da na digiri na biyu a fannin likitanci a Jami'ar Harvard .  Ta halarci Harvard tare da 'yar uwarta, Uché Blackstock, wacce ita ma ta yi karatun likitanci. Ta ce ta sami kwarin gwiwa wajen yin karatun likitanci saboda aikin mahaifiyarta a "mahaɗar bayar da shawarwari da kulawa ta farko".  Mahaifiyarta, Dale Gloria Blackstock (née Evans), ta kuma yi karatun likitanci a Harvard, kuma ta ƙware a fannin ilimin jijiyoyi .  Mahaifiyarta ta ci gajiyar shirin tabbatar da lafiyar kwakwalwa na Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Harvard .  Blackstock ta rasa mahaifiyarta sakamakon cutar sankarar jini tana da shekaru 47. Ta ci gaba da horo a fannin likitancin ciki na kula da lafiya na farko a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Montefiore / Kwalejin Magunguna ta Albert Einstein inda ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugabar mazaunin kula da marasa lafiya.  Ta yi wani taron karawa juna sani kan cutar HIV a Cibiyar Asibitin Harlem kuma ta kammala Shirin Masana Kimiyya na Gidauniyar Robert Wood Johnson a Makarantar Magunguna ta Yale .  

## Bincike da aiki
Binciken Blackstock ya mayar da hankali ne kan yadda za a iya magance cutar HIV, musamman ga mata da sauran ƙungiyoyin da aka ware.  Ta yi jayayya cewa hanyoyin da ke neman magance cutar HIV da cututtukan da ake ɗauka ta hanyar jima'i dole ne su fahimci yadda wariyar launin fata da nuna wariya ga mata ke shafar lafiyar kwakwalwa da ta jiki ta mutane.  Ta ce ta fara sha'awar tasirin cutar HIV ga mata saboda muhimmiyar rawar da mata ke takawa a matsayin masu kula da su .  A wani ɓangare na bincikenta, Blackstock ta gano cewa mata galibi suna fifita lafiyar sauran 'yan uwa fiye da lafiyarsu. 

A shekarar 2017 an ba ta kyautar Shirin Binciken Kanjamau na Ƙananan Yara daga Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka (CDC) don inganta rigakafin cutar kanjamau a cikin al'ummomin da ke cikin haɗari.  Aikinta, wanda ke haɗin gwiwa da ƙungiyar *Masu Ba da Ilimi game da Harm Reduction ta New York*, ya mayar da hankali kan mata a Gabashin Harlem da The Bronx .   A wani ɓangare na bincikenta, ta gano cewa shawarwarin da CDC ta bayar sun hana mata waɗanda ke cikin haɗarin kamuwa da cutar kanjamau karɓar magani.  Blackstock ta yi aiki a Hukumar Ba da Shawara ga Mata ta Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Birnin New York, wacce ke neman ƙarfafa mata a cikin al'ummominsu. 

A shekarar 2018, an naɗa Blackstock a matsayin mataimakiyar kwamishina a Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Birnin New York, inda take aiki a Ofishin HIV . Ta taimaka wajen kafa kamfen ɗin Living Sure, wanda ke neman ƙarfafa mata su ƙirƙiro tsarin lafiyar jima'i .  A matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarinta, Blackstock ta yi aiki don haɓaka rigakafin Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) ga al'ummomin birnin New York waɗanda annobar HIV ta fi shafa. Waɗannan al'ummomin sun haɗa da mata masu launin fata da mutanen LGBT .   Shirin Ƙarshen Annobar, wanda ya ƙunshi jarin dala miliyan 23, ya ba da kuɗaɗen asibitoci takwas a faɗin birnin New York don gwaji da magani mai rahusa kuma kyauta.  Ta ƙaddamar da kamfen ɗin *Made Equal*, wanda wani ɓangare ne na shirin *Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)* na Birnin New York.  Shirin U=U ya tallata saƙon cewa mutanen da ke da cutar HIV da ba a iya gano su ba ba za su iya aika cutar ta hanyar jima'i ga wasu ba. A shekarar 2019, Blackstock ta sanar da cewa, godiya ga waɗannan ayyukan kula da lafiyar jama'a, an sami raguwar kamuwa da cutar HIV da kashi 67% tun daga shekarar 2001.  

A watan Afrilun 2020, *Mother Jones* ta nuna tagwayen Blackstock a matsayin "masu gaba a yakin da birnin New York ke yi da annobar cutar coronavirus ".  Dangane da shaidar da ke nuna cewa cutar coronavirus na kashe rayukan mutane masu launin fata ba bisa ka'ida ba, Blackstock ta kira barkewar SARS-CoV-2 a matsayin "annoba ta rashin daidaito".  Blackstock ta nemi bayar da takamaiman shawarwari kan cutar coronavirus ga mazauna New York masu dauke da kwayar cutar HIV.  A matsayin wani bangare na kokarinta na rage yaduwar kwayar cutar, Blackstock da Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Birnin New York sun samar da jagora kan yadda ake yin jima'i lafiya a lokacin annobar.   Shawarar ta hada da, "Ke ce abokiyar zamanka mafi aminci; abokiyar zama mafi aminci ita ce abokiyar zama da kake zaune da ita". 

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## Rayuwa ta sirri
Baya ga bincikenta da aikinta na likita, Blackstock tana raba abubuwan da ta fuskanta a shafukan sada zumunta . Tana amfani da Twitter sosai. A shekarar 2019 *mujallar Out* ta karrama ta saboda kokarinta na kawo karshen annobar cutar kanjamau.  'Yar uwarta tagwaye, Uché Blackstock, likita ce ta gaggawa  kuma ta kafa/Shugaba na Advancing Health Equity.

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