Usochwepheshe waseLebhu uNozipho Mlotshwa wayelindele iziphumo zovavanyo lwesitofu sokugonya i-HIV esinokubakho, esithe sasinda koosonzululwazi kumashumi eminyaka, xa kwafika umyalelo ovela e-USAid wokuba kuyekwe ukusebenza.
Umjikelo wokuqala wezitofu zokugonya yena noogxa bakhe eRhawutini bavelise impendulo yokuzikhusela kwimivundla, eyayithembisa kodwa ingagqibeli – ke bayilungisa ifomula kwaye bathumela iinguqulelo ezine ezintsha kuvavanyo lwangaphambi kweklinikhi.
“Oku bekuchulumancisa. Besifumana iziphumo ezihle,” uMlotshwa, oneminyaka engama-32, uxelele iReuters kwilebhu ekwiYunithi yoPhando lwe-Antiviral Gene Therapy kwiYunivesithi yaseWitwatersrand.
Ngoku, iisampulu zegazi lezilwanyana ezineziphumo zazo zihleli zingafakwanga kwisikhenkcisi.
Ulingo logonyo lwangaphambili, olwahlukileyo, olwaluza kuvavanywa ebantwini eMzantsi Afrika, eKenya, nase-Uganda, lukwasemkhenkceni.
Omabini amatyala aphakathi kwamaxhoba esigqibo sikaMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump sokuchitha i-Arhente yaseMelika yoPhuhliso lwaMazwe ngaMazwe (USAid).
Bayinxalenye yenkqubo ebanzi yophuhliso lwesitofu sokugonya i-HIV ekhokelwa nguMzantsi Afrika eyaziwa ngokuba yiBrilliant, exhaswa ngenkxaso-mali ye-$45m (R831.2m) evela e-USAid. Akukacaci ukuba iprojekthi ingaphinda iqalise na okanye nini. Isebe likarhulumente lase-US alizange liphendule ngokukhawuleza kwisicelo sokuphawula.