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WHO declares Zika global emergency
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. The WHO has said the cluster of birth defects linked to the zika virus is now an international health emergency.
The World Health Organisation has said a surge in serious birth defects -- linked to the spread of the Zika virus -- constitutes an international health emergency. Christian Lindmeier of the WHO told this programme that health officials had learned lessons from the Ebola crisis and were responding quickly to the situation in South America.
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