Zika response accelerates as WHO Director-General visits Brazil

Last week WHO launched its global Strategic Response Framework and Joint Operations Plan which focuses on mobilizing and coordinating partners, experts and resources to respond to the spread of Zika virus and the neonatal malformations and neurological conditions associated with it.

As part of the high-level visit to Brazil, Dr Chan has visited Brazil’s National Center for Risk and Disaster Management (CENAD) in Brasilia and met with President Dilma Rousseff.

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