"Zika" Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Partners In Health of Boston, Massachusetts, United States for Saturday, 6 February 2016

 "Zika" Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Partners In Health of Boston, Massachusetts, United States for Saturday, 6 February 2016

Last spring, the Zika virus arrived in Brazil and quickly reached epidemic proportions. Now it's spreading north—first striking Haiti last month.
My colleagues in Haiti have reached out to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to form a plan for the people we serve—especially pregnant women, whose babies risk devastating birth defects from this mosquito-borne disease.
I hope you'll take a moment now to read more about the Zika virus—and how PIH plans to respond.
Every year, we care for 32,000 expectant mothers in Haiti's lush Artibonite district and Central Plateau.
These pregnant women face particular danger, as Zika is potentially linked to babies born with very small heads and underdeveloped brains—a condition known as microcephaly.
With your partnership, we'll work to educate the people we serve about the Zika virus, equip families with potent bug repellent, and ramp up family planning services—so every woman can prevent pregnancy while Zika afflicts her home.
We're also connecting people with the care they need across the large network of PIH-supported hospitals and health centers across Haiti—whether for complications of Zika or prenatal screenings to help ensure a healthy pregnancy.
Please read more about the Zika virus here:
http://act.pih.org/zika
In solidarity,
Joia
Dr. Joia Mukherjee
Chief Medical Officer
Partners In Health


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