Theresa J. Kaijage

**Theresa J. Kaijage** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1947) ma'aikaciyar jin daɗin jama'a ce wacce ke ba da shawara ga waɗanda suka kamu da cutar kanjamau a Tanzaniya. Kaijage tana aiki don wayar da kan jama'a game da cutar kuma tana ƙoƙarin rage mummunan tasirin zamantakewar da ke tattare da gano cutar HIV/AIDS a Afirka. Theresia Kaijage kuma ita ce ta kafa kuma darektar na kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Tanzaniya, WAMATA, mai ilmantarwa da ba da sabis na shawarwari ga masu fama da cutar HIV/AIDS. 

## Ilimi da aiki
A Jami'ar Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Kaijage ta sami digiri na farko a fannin ilimi a shekarar 1978.  Daga nan ta ci gaba da samun digiri na biyu a fannin aikin zamantakewa daga Jami'ar Washington a St. Louis a shekara ta 1985. A cikin shekarar 2004, Kaijage ta sami PhD a Social Work da Masters na Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a daga Jami'ar Pittsburgh. 

Kaijage ta fara aikinta a matsayin malamar makaranta a Tanzaniya kuma daga nan ta zama ƙwararriyar Fulbright Scholar.  Bayan rasa abokai da ƴan uwa da yawa daga cutar kanjamau, Kaijage ta ga wani yanayi na ƙauracewa iyali da zamantakewa wanda ke tare da mummunan ganewar asali. A lokacin ne hangen WAMATA ya bayyana.  Kaijage yanzu ta sadaukar da rayuwarta ga masu ɗauke da cutar kanjamau. Ta zama muhimmin ɓangare a yakin neman ilimi da kokarin rage yaɗuwar cutar kanjamau a Afirka. Kaijage ta kasance muhimmi musamman a lokacin taron haɗin gwiwa na shirin Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya kan HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ).   Yayin taron UNAIDS, Kaijage ta ba da shawarar cewa kada iyaye mata masu ɗauke da cutar kanjamau su shayar da'ya 'yqnsu nono, amma su nemo hanyoyin ciyar da jariransu. Hakan dai ya jawo ce-ce-ku-ce a tsakanin shugabannin kiwon lafiya na duniya, waɗanda suka bayar da shawarar cewa shayar da jarirai ita ce hanya mafi dacewa ta ciyar da jarirai a ƙasashe masu tasowa, ko da kuwa uwar tana ɗauke da kwayar cutar HIV. Hakan bai yiwa Kaijage daɗi ba kuma tayi kokari sosai don ta canza hakan. A cikin shekarar 1997, UNICEF da WHO sun canza ƙa'idodin shayarwa. Yanzu ya kamata iyaye mata masu cutar kanjamau su guji shayarwa kawai a lokacin da aka yarda da hanyoyin ciyar da jarirai, mai yuwuwa, aminci, araha da ɗorewa.

## WAMATA
WAMATA takaitaccen bayani ne na Swahili don kalmar "Walio Katika Mapambano Na AIDS Tanzania" wanda ke nufin "Mutanen da ke yaki da AIDS a Tanzaniya". Kaijage ta buɗe gidanta ga wata budurwa mai ɗauke da cutar kanjamau da yaronta wanda bai kamu da cutar ba. Kaijage ta lura cewa shayarwa tana ɗaukar kuzari mai yawa daga uwa; sai ta sauke numfashi ta fita. Kaijage takan yi saurin garzaya da ita zuwa ɗakin gaggawa. Kaijage da uwar da ta shiga ne suka nemi madadin nono. Bayan mahaifiyar ta daina shayarwa, ta sami lafiya sosai. Ta kara kuzari; ta kara girma kuma jaririn ya bunƙasa. Wannan ne ya sanya Kaijage ta zuba dukkan karfinta a WAMATA.  Babban burin WAMATA shine karfafawa mata yancinsu na haifuwa, da kuma samar da bayanai kan kamuwa da cutar kanjamau daga uwa zuwa jariri.   Ta hanyar shawarwarin da WAMATA ke bayarwa, matan da suka kamu da cutar sun fahimci illolin shayarwa da kuma hanyoyin shayarwa daban-daban, kamar shan cokali da wake da ruwan 'ya'yan itace, don tabbatar da lafiyar yaro mai dorewa.   Tare da WAMATA, Kaijage na neman "karye shingen kiwon lafiya ta hanyar kawo kulawar cutar kanjamau zuwa gidajen waɗanda ba su iya barin gadajensu."  Kaijage ba ta son yaƙar yaɗuwar cutar kanjamau a cikin gida kawai, amma a duniya baki ɗaya. Kungiyar ta samu kuɗaɗe daga Gidauniyar Clinton da Asusun Duniya domin a kai ga gaci da zurfi.

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