Preventing the Spread of Zika Requires Addressing Poverty
- Abstract
As the Centers for Disease Control, the White House administration and other federal and state agencies grapple with how best to deal with Zika, it’s critical that we all take special note of communities that are likely to face even greater threats than the general population from these diseases. Individuals living near or below the poverty line are at higher risk of exposure to the mosquitoes that carry Zika virus.
- Resource Type
- Magazine/newspaper article
- Author
- Jonathan Patz
- Resource URL
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-patz/preventing-the-spread-of-zika-poverty_b_9800024.html
- Publication
- The World Post
- Date
- April 29, 2016
- Organization Type
- News
- Health and Human Impact
- Vector-borne disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Heat
- Solution
- Climate adaptation/resilience
- Other
- Social determinants of health Vulnerable populations