Zika: Are outbreaks in U.S. cities avoidable?
- Abstract
When it comes to addressing emerging infectious disease, we have a short attention span. Forces are mobilized when we’ve crossed a tipping point, and demobilized when the immediate threat has passed. In the case of Zika, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency based on a strong association between Zika infection and a rise in congenital malformations and neurological complications – mainly microcephaly in newborns and a spike in Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- Resource Type
- Blog Post
- Author
- Liza Lester
- Date
- March 9, 2016
- Organization Type
- News
- Health and Human Impact
- Vector-borne disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Heat
- Solutions
- Disaster preparedness Public health/health sector response