Neglected and Unprotected: The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil

This report documents gaps in the Brazilian authorities’ response that have a harmful impact on women and girls and leave the general population vulnerable to continued outbreaks of serious mosquito-borne illnesses. The outbreak hit as the country faced its worst economic recession in decades, forcing authorities to make difficult decisions about allocating resources. But even in earlier times of economic growth, government investments in water and sanitation infrastructure were inadequate. Years of neglect contributed to the water and wastewater conditions that allowed the proliferation of the Aedes mosquito and the rapid spread of the virus, Human Rights Watch found.

The Forgotten Virus: Zika Families and Researchers Struggle for Support - The New York Times

Two years after Brazil's Zika virus crisis, experts remain baffled - The Globe and Mail

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Zika - PAHO/WHO Pan American Health Organization

Scarred by Zika, some Brazilian women avoid pregnancy during pandemic - The Washington Post

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The Forgotten Virus: Zika Families and Researchers Struggle for Support - The New York Times

Poverty, inequality at the heart of the Zika outbreak

Frontiers Zika Virus: What Have We Learnt Since the Start of the Recent Epidemic?

PDF) The Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil: From Discovery to Future Implications

Brazil: Zika Epidemic Exposes Rights Problems

National Women's Health Network (NWHN)

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Socioeconomic disparities associated with symptomatic Zika virus infections in pregnancy and congenital microcephaly: A spatiotemporal analysis from Goiânia, Brazil (2016 to 2020)