Zika em Cadernos de Saúde Pública: novamente?

Abstract

In a recent Editorial 1 , we called attention to the Zika epidemic and announced our "fast track" review of articles on the issue. We have done this and more. We actively encourage articles that address aspects of the problem that can have a more immediate impact on pregnant women in the affected areas, especially in Latin America. Why this priority? In most of the affected countries, the right to abortion is severely restricted, and the combined impacts of Zika and illegal abortion can be devastating.The political times are certainly very different, if we compare the current epidemic of congenital malformations with the rubella outbreaks in the 1950s and 1960s, when "British and French women infected with rubella early in pregnancy who were aware of the risk of fetal malformations and who wanted abortions were nearly always able to find practitioners willing to brave legal interdictions" 2 . We should always remember that even when abortion is prohibited, "by the end of their childbearing lives, more than one in five Brazilian women have already had an abortion" 3 (p. 959).Nevertheless, even with the difficulties imposed by an extremely conservative legislature in Brazil 4 , it is the responsibility of CSP to defend policies that contribute to the people's health, in this specific case that of women in the face of Zika virus infection in pregnancy. This provides the basis for our proposal of a Thematic Section: Zika and Pregnancy, featuring several articles in the May edition. Whenever possible, each article is accompanied by commentary from other researchers, from different countries, aimed at discussing the various contexts in which the problem occurs.We will be publishing on this topic for a long time, unfortunately. The Zika and microcephaly epidemic have virtually disappeared from the news, due partly to Brazil's serious political crisis. But due also to the safe feeling engendered by the decline in Zika case, thanks to the enormous effort by government (even in the midst of the political crisis), triggering an intensive fight against the mosquito vector. This has been made possible by the speed with which (even when accused of haste) Brazilian scientists assumed that there was sufficient evidence to attribute the microcephaly cases to Zika virus infection. They chose not to wait until there were no more doubts before launching into action 5 .But the sustainability of the actions, with nearly 48 million homes visited in two months 6 , is limited in the long term. A recent meeting of the World Health Organization emphasized that in nearly all of the countries with endemic dengue transmission (involving the same mosquito vector), no control method in the last 30 years has produced a significant and lasting impact on dengue incidence 7 . In addition, with the decrease in the susceptible population, even though the durability of acquired immunity is still unknown, a decrease in cases is expected. Even so, as more girls enter womanhood, a susceptible population will build up and new epidemics will occur. From t...

Zika, protagonismo feminino e cuidado: ensaiando zonas de contato

“…This essay emerges as an analysis of part of the knowledge production of social and human sciences in health within the post-epidemic framework of ZIKAV, which has already been recognized in editorials of journals [3][4][5] . It evidences children disabilities, interdependence among actors-state, scientists, vectors, media, civil associations, women"s movements that do not necessarily converge to the agenda with feminist movements, care and gender-related division of labor -and whose reflective power over neglected populations must be addressed.…”

“…The author argues that the sociology of emergency and absence is coordinated through translation, identifying counter-hegemonic movements in each 2018; 22(66):697-708 moment and concrete historical context. It is simultaneously an intellectual, political and emotional work revealed in the realization of non-fulfillment of even conventional social sciences 3 .…”

Local Chatter or International Buzz? Language Differences on Posts About Zika Research on Twitter and Facebook

“…Irrespective of author country, English is more likely to be used if the medium is Twitter relative to Facebook (Table 3, top panel; probabilities ranging between 7 to 21 percent and statistically significant at 5% significance). [3] and [4] test for whether the estimated probabilities are sensitive to the number of authors on the paper. Model [3] includes number of author fixed effects, which is a vector of 31 indicator variables.…”

“…The emerging nature of the outbreak, the seriousness of the disease, and the global public interest on the topic all demanded accurate information to mitigate the spread of the virus and to effectively treat those affected. Driven by the urgency to respond to Zika, funding agencies made resources available to researchers [2,3] and scientific journals attempted to accelerate science communication by opening up fast track papers (accelerating editorial decisions, peer review and publication) [4][5][6], providing room for other document types such as editorials, news and social media, as well as making the research freely available through open access publishing [7,8]. The result was nearly a 3,000 percent increase in papers with "Zika" in the title since the beginning of 2016, as seen on the Scopus database [9].…”

Local chatter or international buzz? Language differences on posts about Zika research on Twitter and Facebook

“…The emerging nature of the outbreak, the seriousness of the disease, and the global public interest on the topic all demanded accurate information to mitigate the spread of the virus and to effectively treat those affected. Driven by the urgency to respond to Zika, funding agencies made resources available to researchers [ 2 , 3 ] and scientific journals attempted to accelerate science communication by opening up fast track papers (accelerating editorial decisions, peer review and publication) [ 4 – 6 ], providing room for other document types such as editorials, news and social media, as well as making the research freely available through open access publishing [ 7 , 8 ]. The result was nearly a 3,000 percent increase in papers with “Zika” in the title since the beginning of 2016, as seen on the Scopus database [ 9 ].…”