Igihe Perezida Joseph R. Biden yatoraga Dr. Rachel Levine nk'umunyamabanga wungirije ushinzwe ubuzima, yafashe intera y'ubutwari kandi ifite icyerekezo agana igihugu gifite ubuzima bwiza, buringaniye. Nkumuganga wibanze wa Pennsylvania, umwarimu wubuvuzi akaba numuyobozi mukuru wimpamyabumenyi ihanitse yubuvuzi bwumutekano net net consortium na mama, ndashimye kandi nshyigikiye byimazeyo kandidatire ya Dr. Rachel Levine. Mubitekerezo byanjye bicishije bugufi, Dr. Rachel Levine ari mubantu bacu bakomeye muri iki gihe cyubuzima rusange, bityo iyi gahunda itanga umugisha ukomeye mugihugu cyacu.
Dr. Levine yerekanye ko ari umuyobozi w’ubuzima bushize amanga, wuje impuhwe, ubishoboye mu ntambwe zose z’umwuga we - kuva yubaka uburyo bwo gutanga amasomo y’ubuvuzi kugira ngo ateze imbere serivisi zita ku buzima bw’ingimbi kandi vuba aha, binyuze mu nshingano z’umunyamabanga w’ubuzima wa Pennsylvania, ayobora nta bwoba igihugu gikomeye mugisubizo cya leta mugisubizo cyicyorezo cya opioid nicyorezo cya COVID-19.
Binyuze mu ishyirahamwe ryacu nka Pennsylvania Opiate Misuse Centre of Excellence hamwe n’ikigo gishinzwe guhuza imiti ifasha imiti, Nanjye ubwanjye nariboneye ko yiyemeje, atajegajega ko ari impinduka zikenewe mu buvuzi bw’ubuvuzi n’ubuyobozi bwa leta nkora neza mu buryo bukwiye; gufata ibyemezo, bishingiye ku bimenyetso, kandi akenshi birababaza rimwe na rimwe ibyemezo bidakunzwe; no kuyobora binyuze cyangwa nta bwumvikane nyuma yo kubyara itumanaho rikomeye, ririmo, kandi mucyo. Ubunararibonye bwanjye mubuzima rusange hamwe nubujyanama bwa Dr. Levine bwashishikarije iterambere ryanjye ryibanze ryibanze ku buvuzi bwemeza no gukora imiti y’ibiyobyabwenge ndetse n’ingamba zibanze z’ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage kugira ngo gikire, abantu bose bagamije kwita ku bantu. Sisitemu. Ibikorwa byacu twese hamwe muri Pennsylvania iyobowe na Dr. Levine byumwihariko kandi twishimiye guhindura icyerekezo cy’imfu zirenze urugero za opioide. Ubuzima butabarika bwarakijijwe, ibihumbi n’ibihumbi byita ku batanga serivisi byahawe amahugurwa akomeye mu buvuzi bw’ibiyobyabwenge, kandi igitutsi cyatangiye gusenywa bitewe n’umusanzu we n’ubuyobozi bifite akamaro.
Compassion, optimism, and active listening are cornerstones of Dr. Levine’s leadership style. She began her tenure with the Pennsylvania Department of Health by traveling the Commonwealth to listen to clinicians, community health workers, patients and families about their experiences with substance use disorders and opioid overdoses. These proximal-to-the-problem experiences brilliantly informed her three-pronged, comprehensive prevention, rescue, and treatment strategy to address the opioid epidemic. This competent approach of a compassionate public health leader has poised Dr. Levine to scale her successful work in Pennsylvania to the complex health outcomes and access issues challenging our nation.
Pennsylvania yagize amahirwe menshi yo kubona Dr. Levine nk'umuganga utuje, wujuje ibyangombwa, umuyobozi akaba n'umuvugizi mu myaka myinshi ishize. Dr. Levine azaba ijwi rikomeye kubantu bose muri Amerika. Nubwo Pennsylvania izabura ubuyobozi n’ubuyobozi bitaziguye, igihugu cyacu kizaba mu maboko meza mugihe dutegura inzira yo kuva mu cyorezo kandi binyuze muri iki gice gishya cyo gukemura ibibazo by’ubuzima bikomeje kuba bibi ndetse n’ingaruka ndende ziterwa n’icyorezo cya COVID-19 .
Linda Thomas-Hemak, MD
Perezida & Umuyobozi mukuru
