Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe, azwi ku kuba yarabanye mu gushinga Ebola mu 1976, yagenwe nk'umujyanama wihariye wa directeur général wa Africa CDC, ikigo c'ubuzima ca Union africaine. Iyi nominasiyo ibaye mu gihe Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo (RDC) ihanganye n'ikiza gishasha c'iyi ndwara y'ibinyabuzima.

Iyi nominasiyo yamenyeshejwe mu gihe RDC irwana no kugabanya ikiza c'Ebola kigaragaye cane mu ntara za Nord-Kivu na Ituri. Professeur Muyembe, yigeze no kuyobora igikorwa ca leta co guhangana na Ebola, afatwa nk'ikintu gikomeye mu guhuza imirimo y'akarere mu kugabanya ikwirakwizwa ry'iki kiza.

Muri ikiganiro aheruka kugirana na Top Congo FM, Jean-Jacques Muyembe yagarutse ku kamaro ko gukomeza imbaraga z'ibihugu mu guhangana na Ebola. Yavuze ko Ikigo C'Igihugu gishinzwe ubushakashatsi bwa Biomédical (INRB) kigomba gushyirwa mu maboko y'ubuyobozi bwayo kugira ngo hongerwe umusaruro mu bikorwa.

« Tugomba kukishyira mu maboko y'ubuyobozi bwihariye kugira ngo bigende neza », ni ko Professor Muyembe yamenyesheje.

Mu kwezi kwa Nyakanga 2019, leta ya Kongo yari yafashe ingingo yo gushyira ibikorwa mu maboko y'ubuyobozi bwihariye bwa perezida w'igihugu, hakozwe ikigo c'ubuhinga gishinzwe ubujyanama gitewe n'abahanga b'igihugu. Iyi mimerere ikomeza kugaragaza ukwiyemeza gukomeye kw'Ishami ry'Umuryango w'Abibumbye ry'Ubuzima (OMS) mu guhangana n'iki kiza. Peter Jan Graaff, uhagarariye OMS mu RDC, yagaragaje ubwo bwiyemezo mu gihe aheruka gutanga itangazo.

Mu gihe Jean-Jacques Muyembe afata izindi nshingano muri Africa CDC, uruhare rwe ruzaba ingenzi mu guhuza imirimo hagati y'ibihugu vya Afurika byakuwemwo n'Ebola. Umuryango mpuzamahanga urakurikira neza uburyo ubumenyi bwe buzakoreshwa mu guhangana n'iki kiza gikomeje kuba ikibazo ku buzima.

Nominasiyo ya Dr Muyembe ishobora kandi gukomeza gufatanya hagati y'ibihugu vya Afurika n'imiryango mpuzamahanga mu guhangana atari Ebola gusa, ahubwo n'izindi ndwara zifata ku mugabane.