EDITORIAL: The zika epidemic 10 years later: contributions from Social Sciences and Humanities
Gustavo Matta,
Lenir Nascimento da Silva,
Mariana Vercesi de Albuquerque
Abstract:After almost a decade of the Declaration of Public Health Emergency of National Concern in Brazil, due to changes in the pattern of occurrence of microcephaly (Brazil, 2015), many questions remain open: what are the lessons learned? What is known about the zika virus and its repercussions? How are affected children and their families being supported? What are the social, economic and political implications of the zika epidemic?The epidemic of congenital zika virus syndrome (SCZV) occurred in a context of profo… Show more
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